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Navesink Formation
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Belemnitella americana cepholopod from New Jersey
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One of the most common fossils found in the Cretaceous sediments of New Jersey and Delaware are the cigar colored and shaped guards (rostra)...
Monday, August 12, 2013
Ostrea falcata pelecypod from New Jersey
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Up for viewing today are a couple of Ostrea falcata fossil oysters from the Cretaceous of New Jersey. These are uncommon fossils that I fou...
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Protocallinassa sp. claw from the Navesink formation
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As a companion piece to the Ophiomorpha nodosa burrows I posted last week , here is a partial claw from the arthropod that lived in the burr...
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Anomoeodus phaseolus tooth from the Navesink formation
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Anomoeodus phaseolus was a species of Pycnodontid fish (shell crushers which lived during the late Cretaceous. It is somewhat common within...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Hybodont shark spine from the Navesink formation
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This fossil was an odd one for me when I found it. It's a spine from a Hybodont shark but at first I thought it was a tooth from some so...
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Ophiomorpha nodosa from the Navesink formation
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A common find in the brooks of Monmouth county, NJ are these preserved burrows called Ophiomorpha nodosa . They are the former homes of a sp...
Friday, May 4, 2012
Hoploparia gabbi from the Navesink formation
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Hoploparia gabbi is a lobster that is found in the Navesink formation of New Jersey. I found it in the Ramanessin creek near Marlboro, NJ. T...
Monday, April 30, 2012
Pyncnodonte convexa from the Navesink formation
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One of the most common shells that is found within the Navesink formation in New Jersey is Pycnodonte. There are a couple of species with th...
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