Merchantville Formation
The Merchantville Formation is a geological formation in the northeastern United States whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
| Merchantville Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, early Campanian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Woodbury Formation |
| Overlies | Cheesequake Formation and Magothy Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | North America |
| Country |  |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Merchantville, New Jersey |
Vertebrate fauna
- Tyrannosauroidea indet.[2]
- Hadrosauridae indet.[3]
- Bothremys cooki[3]
- Mosasaurus sp.[3]
- Ornithomimidae indet.[4]
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 574-588. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- Brownstein CD. (2017) A Tyrannosauroid Metatarsus from the Merchantville Formation of New Jersey increases the diversity of non-Tyrannosaurid Tyrannosauroids on Appalachia. PeerJ Preprints 5:e3097v3 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3097v3
- http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=88610
- http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=46566
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