List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New Jersey

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This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of New Jersey, U.S.

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Group or Formation Period Notes
Aquia Formation Paleogene
Beekmantown Group/Stonehenge Formation Ordovician
Boonton Formation Jurassic
Cape May Formation
Chatham Group/Passaic Formation Triassic
Coeymans Limestone Devonian
Feltville Formation Jurassic
Hornerstown Formation Paleogene, Cretaceous
Paleogene
Kirkwood Formation Neogene
Leithsville Formation Cambrian
Paleogene
Magothy Formation Cretaceous
Manasquan Formation Paleogene
/Vincentown Formation Paleogene
Marcellus Formation Devonian
Marshalltown Formation Cretaceous
Matawan Formation Cretaceous
/Marshalltown Formation Cretaceous
/Wenonah Formation Cretaceous
/Woodbury Formation Cretaceous
Merchantville Formation Cretaceous
Meriden Group/Towaco Jurassic
Matawan Formation Cretaceous
Monmouth Group/Mount Laurel Formation Cretaceous
Monmouth Group/Navesink Formation Cretaceous
Monmouth Group/New Egypt Formation Cretaceous
Monmouth Group// Cretaceous
Mount Laurel Formation Cretaceous
Navesink Formation Cretaceous
Cretaceous
New Egypt Formation Cretaceous
Newark Group/Lockatong Formation Triassic
Newark Group/Passaic Formation Triassic
Newark Group/Stockton Formation Triassic
Passaic Formation Triassic
Potomac Group//Magothy Formation Cretaceous
Rancocas Group/Hornerstown Formation Paleogene
Rancocas Group/Vincentown Formation Paleogene
Raritan Formation Cretaceous
Sandy Hook Formation Cretaceous
Shark River Formation Paleogene
Shark River Marl Paleogene
South Amboy Fire Clay Group/Raritan Formation Cretaceous
Stockton Formation Triassic
Tinton Formation Cretaceous
Vincentown Formation Paleogene
Woodbury Formation Cretaceous

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References[]

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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