List of the Mesozoic life of New Jersey

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This list of the Mesozoic life of New Jersey contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of New Jersey and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.

A[]

    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Acipenser
  • Acteon
  • Adocus – type locality for genus
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    • Fossilized skeleton of the Early Cretaceous-Oligocene turtle Adocus beatus
      Adocus beatus – type locality for species
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  • Aenona
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous oyster Agerostrea
    Agerostrea
    • – type locality for species
  • Agraylea
    • – type locality for species
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    • – type locality for species
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    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Oligocene Alligator relative Allognathosuchus
    Allognathosuchus – or unidentified related form
  • Amauropsis
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Amia
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Assemblage of fossilized skeletons of the softshell turtle Amyda
    Amyda
    • – type locality for species
  • Anatalavis
    • Anatalavis rex – type locality for species
  • Anchisauripus
    • Anchisauripus tuberosus
  • Ankylosaurus
  • Anomia
    • – tentative report
  • Anomoeodus
  • Fossil (right) of the Early Jurassic dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Anomoepus
    Anomoepus
    • – type locality for species
  • Apatopus
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
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    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Arambourgiania – or unidentified comparable form
  • Arca
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  • Archichrysotus
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  • Argoides
  • Astarte
  • Astrangia
  • Fossilized skeleton of the gar Atractosteus
    Atractosteus
  • Atreipus
    • – type locality for species
  • Attagenus
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Avellana
  • Axonoceras
    • – or unidentified comparable form

B[]

  • Baculites
    • Baculites haresi
    • Baculites ovatus
    • Baculites scotti – tentative report
  • Amber-entombed specimen of the Early-Late Cretaceous ant Baikuris
    Baikuris
    • Baikuris casei – type locality for species
  • Barbatia
  • Belemnitella
    • Belemnitella americana
  • Bernaya
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
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  • Bothremys
    • – type locality for species
  • Bottosaurus
    • Bottosaurus harlani – type locality for species
  • Botula
    • Botula ripleyana
  • Brachaelurus
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Brachychampsa
    Brachychampsa – or unidentified comparable form
  • Brachychirotherium
  • Brontozoum
  • Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous ant Brownimecia
    Brownimecia – type locality for genus
    • Brownimecia clavata – type locality for species

C[]

  • Caestocorbula
    • Caestocorbula crassaplica
    • Caestocorbula crassiplica
    • Caestocorbula percompressa
    • – type locality for species
  • Callianassa
    • Callianassa mortoni
  • Calliomphalus
    • Calliomphalus americanus
  • Cardita
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  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Carios
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Catopygus
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic-Eocene lungfish Ceratodus
    Ceratodus
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Cerithium
    • – or unidentified related form
  • Chedighaii
  • Cheilotrichia
    • – type locality for species
  • Chelone
  • Chiloscyllium
  • Restorative model of the hypothetical trackmaker of the Late Triassic ichnogenus Chirotherium with real fossil footprints in the background
    Chirotherium
    • Chirotherium lulli – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Chlamys
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized vertebrae in multiple views of the Cretaceous plesiosaur Cimoliasaurus
    Cimoliasaurus
  • Cimolomys – or unidentified comparable form
    • Cimolomys clarki
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Cirroceras
  • Clavagella
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaurid Clidastes
    Clidastes
    • – type locality for species
  • Cliona
  • Illustration of a fossilized tibia of the Late Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Coelosaurus antiquus
    Coelosaurus
  • Coelurosaurichnus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
  • Shell of a Corbula basket clam
    Corbula
  • Corsochelys
  • Crassatella
  • Fossilized shell of the Cretaceous-modern oyster Crassostrea
    Crassostrea
    • – type locality for species
  • Crenella
    • Crenella elegantula
    • Crenella serica
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Cretodus
  • Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna
    Cretolamna
    • Cretolamna appendiculata
  • Cretomicrophorus
    • – type locality for species
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  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina, or the Ginsu shark
    Cretoxyrhina
    • Cretoxyrhina mantelli
  • Crocodilus
    • – type locality for species
  • Ctena
  • Ctenoides
  • Shell of a Cucullaea, or false ark shell
    Cucullaea
    • Cucullaea capax
    • Cucullaea littlei
  • Culicoides
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
  • Cuspidaria
    • Cuspidaria jerseyensis
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cylindracanthus
  • Cymella
  • Cyzicus – or unidentified comparable form

D[]

  • Dasyatis
    • – type locality for species
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus
    Deinosuchus
    • Deinosuchus rugosus
    • – type locality for species
  • Dentalium
    • Dentalium leve
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous marsupial relative Didelphodon
    Didelphodon – or unidentified comparable form
  • Didymoceras
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Diplocynodon
  • Diplurus – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Discoscaphites
    Discoscaphites
    • Discoscaphites conradi
    • Discoscaphites gulosus
  • Dohrniphora
  • Dolicholatirus
  • Dosinia
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous primitive tyrannosaur Dryptosaurus
    Dryptosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Dryptosaurus aquilunguis – type locality for species
  • Dziedzickia
    • – type locality for species

E[]

  • Ectrepesthoneura
    • – type locality for species
  • Edaphodon
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus annectens
    Edmontosaurus
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Elasmosaurus
    • Elasmosaurus orientalis – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
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  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring"
    Enchodus
    • Enchodus gladiolus
    • – type locality for species
  • Epitonium
    • Epitonium sillimani
  • Erquelinnesia
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Euspira
  • Eutrephoceras
  • Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra
    Exogyra
    • Exogyra cancellata
    • Exogyra costata
    • Exogyra ponderosa
  • [1]
    • – type locality for species[1]

F[]

G[]

  • Gegania
  • Gervillia
  • A living Ginglymostoma nurse shark
    Ginglymostoma
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Glossus
  • Glycimeris
  • Fossilized shell of a Glycymeris, or bittersweet clam
    Glycymeris
    • Glycymeris rotundata
  • Gonyaulax
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Graculavus – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossil negative with skin impressions of the theropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Grallator
    Grallator
    • Grallator cursorius
    • – type locality for species
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  • Grimaldiella – type locality for genus
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  • Interior and exterior of a fossilized shell of the Late Triassic-Eocene marine bivalve Gryphaea
    Gryphaea
  • Gwyneddichnium

H[]

  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Hadrosaurus
    Hadrosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Hadrosaurus cavatus – type locality for species
    • Hadrosaurus foulkii – type locality for species
    • Hadrosaurus minor – type locality for species
  • Halisaurus
    • Halisaurus platyspondylus
  • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Hemiscyllium
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Heterodontus, or bullhead shark
    Heterodontus
    • – type locality for species
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  • Hoploparia
  • Hoploscaphites
  • Restoration of two of the Permian-Late Cretaceous cartilaginous fish Hybodus
    Hybodus
  • Hyposaurus
    • Hyposaurus rogersii – type locality for species
  • Hypsibema
    • Hypsibema crassicauda
  • Hypsognathus – type locality for genus
    • Hypsognathus fenneri – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic drepanosaur Hypuronector
    Hypuronector – type locality for genus
    • Hypuronector limnaios – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species

I[]

  • Restoration of the Late Triassic gliding reptile Icarosaurus
    Icarosaurus – type locality for genus
    • Icarosaurus siefkeri – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Inoceramus
    • Inoceramus proximus
  • Ischyodus
    • Ischyodus bifurcatus
  • Ischyrhiza
    • Ischyrhiza mira
    • – type locality for species

J[]

  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Jeletzkytes
    Jeletzkytes
    • Jeletzkytes nodosus – or unidentified comparable form
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • – type locality for genus
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  • ��� type locality for genus
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  • Jerseyempheria – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
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K[]

  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossil of the Late Jurassic horseshoe crab Mesolimulus at the end of the trackway that it produced of the ichnogenus Kouphichnium
    Kouphichnium
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species

L[]

  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Laornis – type locality for genus
    • Laornis edvardsianus – type locality for species
  • Laternula
  • Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous alligator relative Leidyosuchus
    Leidyosuchus
  • Leptoconops
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Liassocupes
  • Lima
  • Limatula
  • Limonia
    • – type locality for species
  • Limopsis
  • Linearis
  • Linuparus
  • Partial fossilized jaws of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Liodon
    Liodon
    • – type locality for species
  • Lissodus
  • Lithophaga
  • Lopha
    • Lopha falcata
    • Lopha mesenterica
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • A living Lunatia moon sea snail
    Lunatia
    • – type locality for species

M[]

  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – or unidentified comparable form
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skull of the Late Cretceous coelacanth fish Megalocoelacanthus
    Megalocoelacanthus
    • Megalocoelacanthus dobiei
  • Menuites
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Metoicoceras
  • Metopina
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Milnesium
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Modiolus
    • Modiolus sedesclaris
    • Modiolus sedesclarus
    • – type locality for species
  • Morea
  • Life restoration of two of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
    Mosasaurus
    • Mosasaurus conodon – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Mytilus – tentative report

N[]

  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
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    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
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  • Neithea
    • Neithea quinquecostata
    • – type locality for species
  • Nemocardium
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
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    • – type locality for species
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    • – type locality for species
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  • Restoration of several species of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Nostoceras
    Nostoceras
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Nucula
    • Nucula camia
    • Nucula cuneifrons
    • Nucula percrassa
  • Nuculana
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species

O[]

  • Odaxosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • A living Odontaspis sand shark
    Odontaspis
  • Oecobius – tentative report
  • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossil of the Permian-modern crustacean burrow ichnogenus Ophiomorpha
    Ophiomorpha
  • Orchestina
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Osteopygis – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
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    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Shell of an Ostrea, or oyster
    Ostrea
  • Oxyrhina
    • Oxyrhina desorii

P[]

  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Pachydiscus
    Pachydiscus
  • Pagurus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Permian bony fish Palaeoniscum
    Palaeoniscus
  • Palaeopagurus – tentative report
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Palaeotringa – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
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    • – type locality for species
  • Panopea
  • Paracupes
    • – type locality for species
  • – tentative report
  • Paralbula
  • Parrisia – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Shells of Pecten scallops
    Pecten
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Peritresius
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Phacoides
  • Phloeocharis
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya
    Pholadomya
    • Pholadomya occidentalis
  • Pholas
  • Phylocentropus – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Pinna
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Placenticeras
    Placenticeras
    • – tentative report
  • Plagiostoma
  • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Plesiosaurus
    • – type locality for species
  • Plicatula
  • Plioplatecarpus
    • Plioplatecarpus depressus – type locality for species
  • Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous wasp Plumalexius
    Plumalexius – type locality for genus
    • Plumalexius rasnitsyni – type locality for species
  • Polinices
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Pristis
  • Procolpochelys
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon preying upon an ammonoid cephalopod
    Prognathodon
    • Prognathodon rapax – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
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  • Protalphadon
    • – type locality for species
  • Protocardia
  • – type locality for genus
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  • Fossilized teeth of the Cretaceous shark Pseudocorax
    Pseudocorax
  • – type locality for genus
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    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Pteria
  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous marine bivalve Pterotrigonia
    Pterotrigonia
    • Pterotrigonia angulicostata
    • Pterotrigonia cerulea
    • Pterotrigonia eufalensis
    • Pterotrigonia eufaulensis
  • Ptychotrygon
  • Pycnodonte
    • Pycnodonte mutabilis
    • Pycnodonte vesicularis

R[]

  • Rangia – tentative report
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Rhinobatos
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene ray Rhombodus
    Rhombodus
  • Rhynchosauroides
    • – type locality for species
  • Ringicula
    • Ringicula clarki
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic phytosaur Rutiodon
    Rutiodon
    • Rutiodon carolinensis
    • – type locality for species

S[]

    • – type locality for species
  • Sauropus
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Restoration of several of the Early Cretaceous-Miocene shark Scapanorhynchus
    Scapanorhynchus
    • Scapanorhynchus texanus
  • Scaphites
    • Scaphites hippocrepis
  • Sclerorhynchus
  • Scoyenia
  • Segestria – tentative report
  • Semionotus
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
  • Serpula
  • Fossilized teeth of the Cretaceous-Eocene shark Serratolamna
    Serratolamna
    • Serratolamna serrata
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Spathopria – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
  • Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous ant Sphecomyrma
    Sphecomyrma – type locality for genus
    • Sphecomyrma freyi – type locality for species
    • Sphecomyrma mesaki – type locality for species
  • Sphenodiscus
    • Sphenodiscus lobatus
  • Spondylus
  • Squalicorax
    • Squalicorax kaupi
    • Squalicorax pristodontus
  • Squatina
  • Stegobium
    • – type locality for species
  • Stegomus
    • – type locality for species
  • Stephanodus
  • Steropoides
  • Stilobezzia
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Striarca
  • Symmorphus – tentative report
    • – type locality for species
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    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form

T[]

  • – type locality for genus
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  • Tanytrachelos
    • Tanytrachelos ahynis
  • Taphrosaurus
  • Taphrosphys
    • – type locality for species
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  • Shell of a Tellina, or tellin
    Tellina
  • Telmatornis – type locality for genus
    • Telmatornis priscus – type locality for species
  • Tenagodus
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene gavial relative Thoracosaurus
    Thoracosaurus
    • – type locality for species
    • Thoracosaurus neocesariensis – type locality for species
  • Illustration of a fossilized tooth of the dubious Late Cretaceous reptile genus Diplotomodon
    Tomodon – type locality for genus
    • Tomodon horrificus – type locality for species
  • Trachycardium
    • Trachycardium eufaulensis
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
    • – type locality for species
    • – or unidentified comparable form
    • – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Permian-Paleocene marine bivalve Trigonia
    Trigonia
  • Trionyx
  • Trochocyathus
  • A living Turbinella, or chank
    Turbinella
  • Turbonilla
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    • – type locality for species
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    • – type locality for species
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  • Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella
    Turritella
    • ��
    • Turritella bilira
    • Turritella trilira
    • Turritella vertebroides
  • Turseodus

U[]

    • – or unidentified comparable form

V[]

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  • Life restorations of the Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Volviceramus
    Volviceramus
  • Vulsella – or unidentified comparable form

W[]

  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Wormaldia
    • – type locality for species

X[]

  • Xanthosia
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • – type locality for genus
    • – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus
    Xiphactinus
    • Xiphactinus audax

References[]

  1. ^ a b Brian A. Atkinson; Camila Martínez; William L. Crepet (2019). "Cretaceous asterid evolution: fruits of Eydeia jerseyensis sp. nov. (Cornales) from the upper Turonian of eastern North America". Annals of Botany. 123 (3): 451–460. doi:10.1093/aob/mcy170. PMC 6377102. PMID 30212854.
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