List of the Mesozoic life of New Jersey

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

  • Abietineaepollenites
    • Abietineaepollenites aequalis
    • Abietineaepollenites microalatus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Abietineaepollenites microreticulatus
    • Abietineaepollenites microsaccus
  • Acanthichnus
  • Acipenser
  • Acteon
  • Acutostrea
    • Acutostrea plumosa
  • Adocus – type locality for genus
    • Adocus agilis – type locality for species
    • Fossilized skeleton of the Early Cretaceous-Oligocene turtle Adocus beatus
      Adocus beatus – type locality for species
    • Adocus firmus – type locality for species
    • Adocus microglypha – type locality for species
    • Adocus parvus
    • Adocus pravus – type locality for species
    • Adocus striatula – type locality for species
    • Adocus syntheticus – type locality for species
  • Aenona
    • Aenona eufaulensis
  • Aequitriradites
    • Aequitriradites insolitus – type locality for species
    • Aequitriradites spinulosus
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous oyster Agerostrea
    Agerostrea
    • Agerostrea mesenterica
    • Agerostrea monmouthensis
    • Agerostrea nasuta
    • Agerostrea ungulata
  • Agomphus
    • Agomphus pectoralis – type locality for species
  • Agorostrea
    • Agorostrea falcata
    • Agorostrea mesenterica
  • Agraylea
    • Agraylea cretaria – type locality for species
    • Agraylea lentiginosa – type locality for species
    • Agraylea parva – type locality for species
  • Alautunmyia – type locality for genus
    • Alautunmyia elongata – type locality for species
  • Aliofusus
    • Aliofusus sayri
  • Alisporites
    • Alisporites thomasii – or unidentified comparable form
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Oligocene Alligator relative Allognathosuchus
    Allognathosuchus – or unidentified related form
  • Amaurellina
    • Amaurellina stephensoni
  • Amauropsis
    • Amauropsis cadwaladeri
  • Ambermantis – type locality for genus
    • Ambermantis wozniaki – type locality for species
  • Ambigostrea
    • Ambigostrea tecticosta
  • Ambonicardia
    • Ambonicardia cookii
  • Ameghinichnus
  • Amerogenia – type locality for genus
    • Amerogenia macrops – type locality for species
  • Amia
    • Amia fragosa – or unidentified comparable form
  • Assemblage of fossilized skeletons of the softshell turtle Amyda
    Amyda
    • Amyda prisca – type locality for species
  • Anatalavis
  • Anatimya
    • Anatimya anteradiata
    • Anatimya lata
  • Anchisauripus
  • Anchura
    • Anchura abrupta
    • Anchura bakeri
    • Anchura pennata
    • Anchura raritanensis
    • Anchura rostrata
  • Anisomyon
  • Ankylosaurus
  • Anomia
    • Anomia argentaria
    • Anomia tellinoides – tentative report
  • Anomoedus
    • Anomoedus phaseolus
  • Anomoeodus
    • Anomoeodus phaseolus
  • Fossil (right) of the Early Jurassic dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Anomoepus
    Anomoepus
    • Anomoepus crassus – type locality for species
    • Anomoepus intermedius
    • Anomoepus scambus
  • Apatopus
    • Apatopus lineatus
  • Aphrodina
    • Aphrodina cretacea
    • Aphrodina eufaulensis
    • Aphrodina johnsoni
  • Apoglaesoconis – type locality for genus
    • Apoglaesoconis ackermani – type locality for species
    • Apoglaesoconis cherylae – type locality for species
    • Apoglaesoconis luzzii – type locality for species
    • Apoglaesoconis swolenskyi – type locality for species
  • Appendicisporites
    • Appendicisporites ethmos – or unidentified comparable form
    • Appendicisporites multicornutus – type locality for species
    • Appendicisporites tricornitatus
  • Arambourgiania – or unidentified comparable form
  • Araucariacites
    • Araucariacites australis
  • Arca
    • Arca enfaulensis
    • Arca saffordi
  • Arcellites
    • Arcellites caudatus – type locality for species
    • Arcellites mirabilis – type locality for species
    • Arcellites nudus
  • Archaeostephanus – type locality for genus
    • Archaeostephanus corae – type locality for species
  • Archaeromma
    • Archaeromma carnifex – type locality for species
  • Archaeserropalpus – type locality for genus
    • Archaeserropalpus cretaceus – type locality for species
  • Archichrysotus
  • Archicnephia – type locality for genus
    • Archicnephia ornithoraptor – type locality for species
  • Archimelzira – type locality for genus
    • Archimelzira americana – type locality for species
  • Archiphora – type locality for genus
    • Archiphora pria – type locality for species
  • Argoides
    • Argoides macrodactylus
  • Arroges
    • Arroges rostrata
  • Ascaulocardium
    • Ascaulocardium armatum
  • Astarte
    • Astarte annosa
    • Astarte crenulirata
    • Astarte octolirata
    • Astarte parilis
    • Astarte veta
  • Astrangia
    • Astrangia cretacea
  • Ataphrus
  • Fossilized skeleton of the gar Atractosteus
    Atractosteus
  • Atreipus
    • Atreipus milfordensis – type locality for species
  • Attagenus
    • Attagenus turonianensis – type locality for species
  • Aureophlebia – type locality for genus
    • Aureophlebia sinitshenkovae – type locality for species
  • Avellana
    • Avellana bullata
    • Avellana pelagana
    • Avellana raritana
  • Axonoceras
    • Axonoceras angolanum – or unidentified comparable form

B

C

  • Caestocorbula
  • Callialasporites
    • Callialasporites insuetus – type locality for species
  • Callianassa
  • Calliomphalus
  • Camarozonosporites
    • Camarozonosporites rudis
  • Camptonectes
    • Camptonectes argillensis
    • Camptonectes bellisculptus
    • Camptonectes bubonis
    • Camptonectes burlingtonensis
    • Camptonectes parvus
  • Caprotina
    • Caprotina jerseyensis
  • Cardiaster
    • Cardiaster smocki
  • Cardita
    • Cardita subquadrata
  • Cardium [fr; nl; sv]
    • Cardium enfaulense
    • Cardium raritanensis
    • Cardium sayri
  • Carinatermes – type locality for genus
    • Carinatermes nascimbeni – type locality for species
  • Carios
    • Carios jerseyi
  • Casstrochaena
    • Casstrochaena whitfieldi
  • Catapleura
    • Catapleura ponderosa – type locality for species
    • Catapleura repanda – type locality for species
  • Catopygus
    • Catopygus pusillus
    • Catopygus williamsi
  • Cenomanocarcinus
    • Cenomanocarcinus robertsi
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic-Eocene lungfish Ceratodus
    Ceratodus
    • Ceratodus frazieri – or unidentified related form
  • Cerithium
    • Cerithium pilsbryi
    • Cerithium weeksi – or unidentified related form
  • Chasmatosporites
    • Chasmatosporites rimatus
  • Chedighaii
    • Chedighaii barberi
  • Cheilotrichia
    • Cheilotrichia cretacea – type locality for species
  • Chelone
    • Chelone sopita
  • 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
    • Chirotherium parvum – type locality for species
  • Chlamys
    • Chlamys michellesmithi – type locality for species
    • Chlamys whitfieldi
  • Chloranthistemon
    • Chloranthistemon crossmanensis – type locality for species
  • Choriatothyris
    • Choriatothyris plicata
  • Choristothyris
    • Choristothyris plicata
    • Choristothyris vanuxemi
  • Cicatricosisporites
    • Cicatricosisporites goeppertii
    • Cicatricosisporites intersectus
    • Cicatricosisporites striosporites
    • Cicatricosisporites verrucosus – type locality for species
  • Cidares
    • Cidares armigera
  • Fossilized vertebrae in multiple views of the Cretaceous plesiosaur Cimoliasaurus
    Cimoliasaurus
  • Cimolomys – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cingulatisporites
    • Cingulatisporites carinatus – type locality for species
    • Cingulatisporites exiniconfertus – type locality for species
    • Cingulatisporites problematicus
    • Cingulatisporites pyriformis – type locality for species
  • Cirroceras
    • Cirroceras conradi
  • Clathropteris
    • Clathropteris meniscoides
  • Clavagella
    • Clavagella armata
  • Clavatipollenites
    • Clavatipollenites couperi
    • Clavatipollenites hughesii
  • Clavipholas
    • Clavipholas pectorosa
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaurid Clidastes
    Clidastes
    • Clidastes iguanavus – type locality for species
  • Cliona
    • Cliona aretacica
    • Cliona cretacea
    • Cliona cretacica
    • Cliona microtuberum
    • Cliona microtuberus
  • Clionia
    • Clionia cretacica
  • Clisocolus
    • Clisocolus umbonata
  • Cloranthistemon
    • Cloranthistemon crossmanensis
  • Illustration of a fossilized tibia of the Late Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Coelosaurus antiquus
    Coelosaurus
  • Coelurosaurichnus
  • Concavisporites
    • Concavisporites granulatus – type locality for species
    • Concavisporites orbicornutus – type locality for species
    • Concavisporites tricornutus – type locality for species
  • Conclavipollis
    • Conclavipollis densilatus – type locality for species
  • Conosaurops
    • Conosaurops bowmani
  • Contogenys – tentative report
  • Shell of a Corbula basket clam
    Corbula
    • Corbula crassiplicata
    • Corbula emacerata
    • Corbula foulkei
    • Corbula greywaczi
    • Corbula manleyi
    • Corbula manleyi duplex
    • Corbula subcompressa
    • Corbula swedesboroensis
  • Corsochelys
  • Crassatella
    • Crassatella lintea
    • Crassatella transversus
    • Crassatella vadosa
  • Fossilized shell of the Cretaceous-modern oyster Crassostrea
    Crassostrea
    • Crassostrea tecticosta
  • Cratotabanus
    • Cratotabanus newjerseyensis – type locality for species
  • Crenella
  • Cretagaster – type locality for genus
    • Cretagaster raritanensis – type locality for species
  • Cretocar – type locality for genus
    • Cretocar luzzii – type locality for species
  • Cretocoranina
  • Cretodus
    • Cretodus arcuata
    • Cretodus borodini
  • Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna
    Cretolamna
  • Cretomicrophorus
  • Cretomitarcys – type locality for genus
    • Cretomitarcys luzzii – type locality for species
  • Cretothrips – type locality for genus
    • Cretothrips antiquus – type locality for species
  • Cretotrigona
    • Cretotrigona prisca – type locality for species
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina, or the Ginsu shark
    Cretoxyrhina
  • Crocodilus
    • Crocodilus obscurus – type locality for species
  • Cronquistiflora
    • Cronquistiflora sayrevillensis
  • Ctena
    • Ctena parvilineata
  • Ctenoides
    • Ctenoides crenulicostata
  • Shell of a Cucullaea, or false ark shell
    Cucullaea
  • Culicoides
    • Culicoides bifidus – type locality for species
    • Culicoides casei
    • Culicoides filipalpis
    • Culicoides grandibocus – type locality for species
    • Culicoides truncatus – type locality for species
    • Culicoides yoosti – type locality for species
  • Cuna
    • Cuna texana
  • Cuneocorbula – tentative report
    • Cuneocorbula whitfieldi
  • Cuspidaria
  • Cyathidites
    • Cyathidites australis
    • Cyathidites minor
  • Cycadopites
    • Cycadopites folicularis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Cylindracanthus
    • Cylindracanthus rectus
  • Cymbophora
    • Cymbophora appressa
    • Cymbophora berryi
    • Cymbophora lintea
    • Cymbophora wordeni
  • Cymella
    • Cymella bella
    • Cymella bellatexana
  • Cyprimeria
    • Cyprimeria densata
    • Cyprimeria excavata
  • Cyrodes
  • Cyzicus – or unidentified comparable form

D

  • Dacrycarpites
    • Dacrycarpites dacrydioides
  • Dasyatis
    • Dasyatis newegyptensis – type locality for species
  • Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus
    Deinosuchus
  • Deltoidospora
    • Deltoidospora incomposita – type locality for species
  • Densoisporites
    • Densoisporites perinatus
  • Dentalium
  • Detrusandra
    • Detrusandra mystagoga
  • Dhondtichlamys
    • Dhondtichlamys venustus
  • Dianchora
    • Dianchora echinata
  • Dictyophyllidites
    • Dictyophyllidites harrisii
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous marsupial relative Didelphodon
    Didelphodon – or unidentified comparable form
  • Didymoceras
    • Didymoceras draconis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Diploconcha
    • Diploconcha cretacea
  • Diplocynodon
  • Diplurus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Diplurus longicaudatus
  • Dipristis
    • Dipristis meirsii – type locality for species
  • Discisporites
    • Discisporites discoides – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Discoscaphites
    Discoscaphites
  • Dithophaga
    • Dithophaga carolinensis
  • Dohrniphora
  • Dolicholatirus
  • Dosinia
    • Dosinia depressa
    • Dosinia haddonfieldensis
  • Drilluta
    • Drilluta buboanus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous primitive tyrannosaur Dryptosaurus
    Dryptosaurus – type locality for genus
  • Dziedzickia
    • Dziedzickia nashi – type locality for species

E

  • Echodus
    • Echodus ferox
  • Ectrepesthoneura
    • Ectrepesthoneura swolenskyi – type locality for species
  • Edaphadon
    • Edaphadon mirificus
  • Edaphodon
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus annectens
    Edmontosaurus
    • Edmontosaurus minor
  • Elasmophron – type locality for genus
    • Elasmophron kurthi – type locality for species
  • Elasmosaurus
  • Electrobaissa – type locality for genus
    • Electrobaissa omega – type locality for species
  • Electrosania – type locality for genus
    • Electrosania cretica – type locality for species
  • Ellipsoscapha
    • Ellipsoscapha mortoni
  • Emplita – type locality for genus
    • Emplita casei – type locality for species
  • Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring"
    Enchodus
  • Endoptygma
    • Endoptygma leprosa
  • Eomatsucoccus
    • Eomatsucoccus casei – type locality for species
  • Eonavicula
    • Eonavicula rostellata
  • Epitonium
  • Erquelinnesia
    • Erquelinnesia molaria – type locality for species
  • Etea
  • Eubaculites
    • Eubaculites carinatus
    • Eubaculites labyrinthicus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Eufistulana
    • Eufistulana whitfieldi
  • Euspira
    • Euspira halli
    • Euspira rectilabrum
  • Eutrephoceras
  • Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra
    Exogyra
  • Eydeia[1]
    • Eydeia jerseyensis – type locality for species[1]

F

G

  • Gegania
  • Gervilia
    • Gervilia ensiformis
  • Gervillia
    • Gervillia minima
  • Gervilliopsis
    • Gervilliopsis ensiformis
  • A living Ginglymostoma nurse shark
    Ginglymostoma
    • Ginglymostoma cuspidata – type locality for species
    • Ginglymostoma globidens
  • Glaesoconis
    • Glaesoconis nearctica – type locality for species
  • Gleicheniidites
    • Gleicheniidites orientalis
    • Gleicheniidites raritanianus – type locality for species
    • Gleicheniidites senonicus
  • Glossus
  • Glycimeris
    • Glycimeris mortoni
  • Fossilized shell of a Glycymeris, or bittersweet clam
    Glycymeris
  • Glyptoxoceras
    • Glyptoxoceras aquisgranense
  • Gonyaulax
    • Gonyaulax pachyderma – or unidentified comparable form
    • Gonyaulax wetzeli – or unidentified comparable form
  • Graculavus – type locality for genus
    • Graculavus pumilis – type locality for species
    • Graculavus velox – type locality for species
  • Fossil negative with skin impressions of the theropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Grallator
    Grallator
    • Grallator cursorius
    • Grallator formosus
    • Grallator parallelus
    • Grallator sulcatus – type locality for species
  • Granocardium
    • Granocardium dumosum
    • Granocardium kuemmeli
    • Granocardium kummeli
    • Granocardium tenuistriatum
    • Granocardium trilineatum
  • Gregikia – type locality for genus
    • Gregikia pallida – type locality for species
  • Grimaldiella – type locality for genus
    • Grimaldiella gregaria – type locality for species
    • Grimaldiella resinophila – type locality for species
  • Grimaldiraphidia
    • Grimaldiraphidia luzzii – type locality for species
  • Grimaldivania – type locality for genus
    • Grimaldivania ackermani – type locality for species
    • Grimaldivania mckimorum – type locality for species
  • Interior and exterior of a fossilized shell of the Late Triassic-Eocene marine bivalve Gryphaea
    Gryphaea
    • Gryphaea convexa
    • Gryphaea mutabilis
  • Gryphaeostrea
    • Gryphaeostrea vomer
  • Gwyneddichnium
    • Gwyneddichnium majore
    • Gwyneddichnium minor
  • Gyrodes
    • Gyrodes abyssinus
    • Gyrodes petrosus
    • Gyrodes supraplicatus

H

  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous dinosaur Hadrosaurus
    Hadrosaurus – type locality for genus
  • Halisaurus
  • Hamule
    • Hamule falcatus
    • Hamule squamosus
  • Haptosphenus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Hardouinea
    • Hardouinea mortonisemmonsi
  • Harpagopus
    • Harpagopus dubius
  • Heleageron
    • Heleageron grimaldii – type locality for species
  • Hemiaster
    • Hemiaster kuemmeli
    • Hemiaster welleri
  • Hemiscyllium
  • Henopelecinus – type locality for genus
    • Henopelecinus pygmaeus – type locality for species
  • Hercorhynchus
  • Hercorhyncus
    • Hercorhyncus pagodaformis
  • Herpystezoum
    • Herpystezoum magnus
    • Herpystezoum marshi
    • Herpystezoum minutus
  • A living Heterodontus, or bullhead shark
    Heterodontus
    • Heterodontus creamridgensis – type locality for species
  • Hilarimorphites – type locality for genus
    • Hilarimorphites longimedia – type locality for species
    • Hilarimorphites setosa – type locality for species
    • Hilarimorphites superba – type locality for species
    • Hilarimorphites yeatesi – type locality for species
  • Homorophus – type locality for genus
    • Homorophus insuetus – type locality for species
  • Hoploparia
    • Hoploparia gabbi
    • Hoploparia gladiator
  • Hoploscaphites
    • Hoploscaphites pumilus
  • Restoration of two of the Permian-Late Cretaceous cartilaginous fish Hybodus
    Hybodus
  • Hyposaurus
  • Hypotodus
    • Hypotodus aculeatus
  • Hypoxytoma
    • Hypoxytoma abrupta
  • Hypsibema
  • Hypsognathus – type locality for genus
  • Life restoration of the Late Triassic drepanosaur Hypuronector
    Hypuronector – type locality for genus
  • Hystrichosphaeridium
    • Hystrichosphaeridium armatum – or unidentified comparable form
    • Hystrichosphaeridium multicornutum – type locality for species
    • Hystrichosphaeridium raritanianum – type locality for species

I

J

  • Jantarimantis – type locality for genus
    • Jantarimantis zherikhini – type locality for species
  • Jantaropterix
    • Jantaropterix newjersey – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Jeletzkytes
    Jeletzkytes
    • Jeletzkytes criptonodosus
    • Jeletzkytes nodosus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Jeletzkytes plenus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Jersambromyia – type locality for genus
    • Jersambromyia borodini – type locality for species
  • Jersaphis – type locality for genus
    • Jersaphis luzzii – type locality for species
  • Jerseucoila – type locality for genus
    • Jerseucoila plesiosoma – type locality for species
  • Jerseyempheria – type locality for genus
  • Jerseyuloborus – type locality for genus
    • Jerseyuloborus longisoma – type locality for species
  • Jersiberotha – type locality for genus
    • Jersiberotha luzzii – type locality for species
    • Jersiberotha similis – type locality for species
  • Jersicoccus – type locality for genus
    • Jersicoccus kurthi – type locality for species
  • Jersimantis – type locality for genus
    • Jersimantis luzzii – type locality for species
  • Jersimantispa
    • Jersimantispa henryi – type locality for species
  • Juliacorbula
    • Juliacorbula monmouthensis

K

  • Kitchinites
  • Klukisporites
    • Klukisporites variegatus
  • Koteya – type locality for genus
    • Koteya luzzii – 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
  • Kyromyrma – type locality for genus
    • Kyromyrma neffi – type locality for species

L

  • Labiococcus – type locality for genus
    • Labiococcus joosti – type locality for species
  • Lagonomegops
    • Lagonomegops americanus – type locality for species
  • Laornis – type locality for genus
  • Laternula
    • Laternula tenuis
  • Latiala
    • Latiala lobata
  • Legumen
    • Legumen apressus
    • Legumen concentricum
    • Legumen ellipticum
    • Legumen ellipticus
  • Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous alligator relative Leidyosuchus
    Leidyosuchus
  • Leptoconops
    • Leptoconops copiosus – type locality for species
    • Leptoconops curvachelus – type locality for species
  • Leptosolen
    • Leptosolen biplicata
    • Leptosolen elongata
  • Lewyites
    • Lewyites oronensis
  • Liadopsylla
    • Liadopsylla hesperia – type locality for species
  • Liassocupes
    • Liassocupes parvus
  • Lima
    • Lima pelagica
    • Lima whitfieldi
  • Limatula
    • Limatula acutilineata
  • Limonia
    • Limonia dillonae – type locality for species
  • Limopsis
  • Linearea
    • Linearea metastriata
  • Linearis
    • Linearis contracta
    • Linearis metastriata
  • Linuparus
  • Partial fossilized jaws of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Liodon
    Liodon
    • Liodon validus – type locality for species
  • Liopistha
    • Liopistha protexta
  • Lissodus
  • Lithophaga
    • Lithophaga smocki
  • Longitubus
    • Longitubus lineatus
  • Lopha
  • Loreisomorpha – type locality for genus
    • Loreisomorpha nascimbenei – type locality for species
  • A living Lunatia moon sea snail
    Lunatia
    • Lunatia paludiformis
  • Lycopodiacidites
    • Lycopodiacidites baculatus
  • Lycopodiumsporites
    • Lycopodiumsporites cerniidites
    • Lycopodiumsporites clavatoides
  • Lyriochlamys
    • Lyriochlamys whitfieldi
  • Lytoloma
    • Lytoloma jeanesii – type locality for species

M

  • Mabelia – type locality for genus
    • Mabelia archaia – type locality for species
    • Mabelia connatifila – type locality for species
  • Machaerosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Malletia
    • Malletia littlei
    • Malletia stephensoni
  • Mantispidiptera – type locality for genus
    • Mantispidiptera enigmatica – type locality for species
  • Margaritella
    • Margaritella pumila
  • Martesia
    • Martesia cretacea magnatuba
  • Matonisporites
    • Matonisporites globosus – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skull of the Late Cretceous coelacanth fish Megalocoelacanthus
    Megalocoelacanthus
  • Meleagrinella
    • Meleagrinella abrupta
  • Menabites
    • Menabites delawareneis
    • Menabites delawarensis
    • Menabites vanuxemi
    • Menabites walnutensis
  • Menuites
    • Menuites complexus
  • Mesotachyporus – type locality for genus
    • Mesotachyporus puer – type locality for species
  • Metoicoceras
    • Metoicoceras bergquisti
  • Metopina
    • Metopina goeleti – type locality for species
  • Micrabacia
  • Microaltingia – type locality for genus
    • Microaltingia apocarpela – type locality for species
  • Milnesium
  • Minyorussus – type locality for genus
    • Minyorussus luzzii – type locality for species
  • Miocardiopsis
  • Modiolus
  • Monosulcites
    • Monosulcites scaber – type locality for species
  • Morea
    • Morea marylandica
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus
    Mosasaurus
  • Mytilus – tentative report
    • Mytilus planus

N

  • Napulus
    • Napulus octoliratus
  • Nascimberotha – type locality for genus
    • Nascimberotha picta – type locality for species
  • Naviculaformipites – type locality for genus
    • Naviculaformipites atlanticus – type locality for species
    • Naviculaformipites psilatus – type locality for species
  • Nedocosia
    • Nedocosia novacaesarea – type locality for species
  • Neithea
  • Nemedromia
    • Nemedromia turonia – type locality for species
  • Nemocardium
  • Nemodon
    • Nemodon eufalensis
    • Nemodon eufaulensis
    • Nemodon stantoni
  • Neoturonius – type locality for genus
    • Neoturonius asymmetrus – type locality for species
    • Neoturonius cretatus – type locality for species
    • Neoturonius vetus – type locality for species
  • Newjersevania – type locality for genus
    • Newjersevania casei – type locality for species
    • Newjersevania nascimbenei – type locality for species
  • Restoration of several species of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Nostoceras
    Nostoceras
    • Nostoceras alternatum
    • Nostoceras appoximans
    • Nostoceras helicinus
    • Nostoceras hyatti
    • Nostoceras mendryki
    • Nostoceras pauper
  • Novajerseya – type locality for genus
    • Novajerseya glesumica – type locality for species
  • Nucula
  • Nuculana
    • Nuculana longifrons
    • Nuculana protexta
    • Nuculana whitfieldi
  • Nuhliantha – type locality for genus
    • Nuhliantha nyanzaiana – type locality for species
  • Nymphalucina
    • Nymphalucina linearia

O

  • Odaxosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
  • A living Odontaspis sand shark
    Odontaspis
    • Odontaspis aculeatus
    • Odontaspis samhammeri
  • Odontofusus
    • Odontofusus mucronata
  • Oecobius – tentative report
  • Oligoptycha
  • Oncopareia – or unidentified comparable form
  • Oodnadattia
    • Oodnadattia cooksonii – type locality for species
  • Oolopygus
    • Oolopygus williamsi
  • Opertochasma
  • Fossil of the Permian-modern crustacean burrow ichnogenus Ophiomorpha
    Ophiomorpha
    • Ophiomorpha nodosa
  • Orchestina
  • Osmundacidites
    • Osmundacidites wellmanii – or unidentified comparable form
  • Osteopleurus
    • Osteopleurus newarki
  • Osteopygis – type locality for genus
    • Osteopygis borealis – type locality for species
    • Osteopygis emarginatus – type locality for species
    • Osteopygis erosus – type locality for species
    • Osteopygis platylomus – type locality for species
    • Osteopygis robustus – type locality for species
  • Shell of an Ostrea, or oyster
    Ostrea
    • Ostrea denticulifera
    • Ostrea subspatulata
  • Oxyrhina

P

  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Pachydiscus
    Pachydiscus
    • Pachydiscus mokotibensis
    • Pachydiscus neubergicus
  • Pagurus
  • Paladmete
    • Paladmete cancellaria
    • Paladmete laevis
  • Palaeagapetus
    • Palaeagapetus furcilla – type locality for species
  • Palaeobrachypogon
    • Palaeobrachypogon grandiforceps – type locality for species
    • Palaeobrachypogon remmi
  • Palaeometropus – type locality for genus
    • Palaeometropus cassus – type locality for species
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Permian bony fish Palaeoniscum
    Palaeoniscus
    • Palaeoniscus agassizii
    • Palaeoniscus fultus
    • Palaeoniscus latus
  • Palaeopagurus – tentative report
  • Palaeosegestria – type locality for genus
    • Palaeosegestria lutzzii – type locality for species
  • Palaeotringa – type locality for genus
    • Palaeotringa littoralis – type locality for species
    • Palaeotringa vagans – type locality for species
  • Paleoenkianthus – type locality for genus
    • Paleoenkianthus sayrevillensis – type locality for species
  • Paleofusimitra
  • Panopea
    • Panopea deciea
    • Panopea decisa
    • Panopea descisa
  • Paracupes
    • Paracupes svitkoi – type locality for species
  • Paracyathus – tentative report
    • Paracyathus vaughani
  • Paralbula
    • Paralbula casei
  • Paranomia
    • Paranomia scabra
  • Paranomotodon
    • Paranomotodon angustidens
  • Pariostegeus
  • Parmicorbula
    • Parmicorbula percompressa
    • Parmicorbula torta
  • Parrisia – type locality for genus
    • Parrisia neocesariensis – type locality for species
  • Parvisaccites
    • Parvisaccites sphaericorpus – type locality for species
  • Shells of Pecten scallops
    Pecten
    • Pecten quinquecostata
    • Pecten quinquenarius
    • Pecten simplicius
    • Pecten venustus
    • Pecten whitfieldi
  • Perforissus – type locality for genus
    • Perforissus muiri – type locality for species
  • Periplomya
    • Periplomya jerseyana
  • Peritresius
    • Peritresius ornatus
  • Perrisonota
    • Perrisonota littlei
    • Perrisonota protexta
  • Perseanthus – type locality for genus
    • Perseanthus crossmanensis – type locality for species
  • Phacoides
    • Phacoides mattiformis
  • Phloeocharis
    • Phloeocharis agerata – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya
    Pholadomya
  • Pholas
  • Phylocentropus – type locality for genus
    • Phylocentropus cretaceous – type locality for species
    • Phylocentropus gelhausi – type locality for species
    • Phylocentropus swolenskyi – type locality for species
  • Piceaepollenites
    • Piceaepollenites alatus
    • Piceaepollenites subconcinnus – type locality for species
  • Pilosisporites
    • Pilosisporites papilloides – type locality for species
  • Pinna
    • Pinna laqueata
    • Pinna loqueata
  • Pinuspollenites
    • Pinuspollenites granulatus – type locality for species
    • Pinuspollenites megasaccus – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Placenticeras
    Placenticeras
    • Placenticeras placenta
    • Placenticeras syrtale – tentative report
  • Plagiostoma
    • Plagiostoma erecta
  • Platacodon – or unidentified comparable form
  • Platysaccus
    • Platysaccus radiatus – type locality for species
  • Plesiosaurus
    • Plesiosaurus brevifemur – type locality for species
  • Pleuriocardia
    • Pleuriocardia eufalensis
    • Pleuriocardia wenonah
  • Plicatolamna
    • Plicatolamna arcuata
  • Plicatula
    • Plicatula howelli
    • Plicatula mullicaensis
    • Plicatula urticosa
  • Plioplatecarpus
  • Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous wasp Plumalexius
    Plumalexius – type locality for genus
  • Podocarpidites
    • Podocarpidites ellipticus
  • Polinices
  • Postligata
    • Postligata wordeni
  • Postopsyllidium – type locality for genus
    • Postopsyllidium emilyae – type locality for species
  • Praeleda
    • Praeleda compar
  • Prionochelys
    • Prionochelys nauta
  • Prioriphora
    • Prioriphora casei – type locality for species
    • Prioriphora luzzii – type locality for species
  • Pristis
    • Pristis curvidens
  • Procolophonichnium
  • Procolpochelys
    • Procolpochelys grandaeva
  • Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon preying upon an ammonoid cephalopod
    Prognathodon
    • Prognathodon rapax – type locality for species
    • Prognathodon sectorius – type locality for species
  • Proratites – type locality for genus
    • Proratites simplex – type locality for species
  • Protalphadon
    • Protalphadon lulli
  • Proteacidites
    • Proteacidites rectilatus – type locality for species
  • Protocallianassa
    • Protocallianassa mortoni
    • Protocallianassa praecepta
  • Protocardia
    • Protocardia spillmani
  • Protoculicoides
    • Protoculicoides globosus
    • Protoculicoides incompletus
  • Protoplatyrhina
    • Protoplatyrhina renae
  • Protorhyssalus – type locality for genus
    • Protorhyssalus goldmani – type locality for species
  • Prototeius – type locality for genus
    • Prototeius stageri – type locality for species
  • Fossilized teeth of the Cretaceous shark Pseudocorax
    Pseudocorax
    • Pseudocorax granti
  • Pseudocuphosis – type locality for genus
    • Pseudocuphosis tristis – type locality for species
  • Pseudodontaspis
    • Pseudodontaspis herbsti – or unidentified comparable form
  • Pseudohypolophus
  • Pseudolimea
    • Pseudolimea reticulata
  • Pseudophyllites
    • Pseudophyllites indra
  • Psolimena – type locality for genus
    • Psolimena electra – type locality for species
  • Pteria
    • Pteria navicula
    • Pteria petrosa
    • Pteria rhombica
  • Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous marine bivalve Pterotrigonia
    Pterotrigonia
  • Ptychotrygon
    • Ptychotrygon hooveri
    • Ptychotrygon vermiculata
  • Pycnodonte
  • Pyrifusus
    • Pyrifusus macfarlandi
    • Pyrifusus meeki
  • Pyropsis
    • Pyropsis planimarginata
    • Pyropsis trochiformis

R

  • Radiopecten
    • Radiopecten mississippiensis
    • Radiopecten quinquenarius
    • Radiopecten tenuitestus
  • Rangia – tentative report
    • Rangia tenuidens
  • Rasnitsynapus – type locality for genus
    • Rasnitsynapus primigenius – type locality for species
  • Remnita
    • Remnita biacuminata – or unidentified comparable form
  • Rhachibermissa – type locality for genus
    • Rhachibermissa phenax – type locality for species
    • Rhachibermissa splendida – type locality for species
  • Rhetechelys
    • Rhetechelys platyops – type locality for species
  • Rhinobatos
    • Rhinobatos casieri
  • Restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene ray Rhombodus
    Rhombodus
  • Rhynchosauroides
    • Rhynchosauroides brunswickii
    • Rhynchosauroides hyperbates – type locality for species
  • Ringicula
  • Rostellites
    • Rostellites nasutus
    • Rostellites texturatus
  • Rouseisporites
    • Rouseisporites laevigatus
  • Rugubivesiculites
    • Rugubivesiculites multiplex
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic phytosaur Rutiodon
    Rutiodon

S

  • Sabalpollenites
    • Sabalpollenites dividuus – type locality for species
  • Sargana
  • Sauropus
    • Sauropus ingens – type locality for species
  • Sayrevilleus – type locality for genus
    • Sayrevilleus grimaldii – type locality for species
  • Restoration of several of the Early Cretaceous-Miocene shark Scapanorhynchus
    Scapanorhynchus
  • Scaphites
  • Schizosporis
    • Schizosporis parvus
    • Schizosporis reticulatus
  • Sclerorhynchus
    • Sclerorhynchus pettersi
  • Scoyenia
  • Segestria – tentative report
  • Semionotus
    • Semionotus brauni
  • Serphites
    • Serphites navesinkae – type locality for species
    • Serphites raritanensis – type locality for species
  • Serpula
    • Serpula pervermiformis
  • Fossilized teeth of the Cretaceous-Eocene shark Serratolamna
    Serratolamna
  • Solicoccus – type locality for genus
    • Solicoccus nascimbenei – type locality for species
  • Solyma
    • Solyma elliptica
    • Solyma lineolatus
  • Spathopria – type locality for genus
    • Spathopria sayrevillensis – type locality for species
  • Sphagnumsporites
    • Sphagnumsporites australis – or unidentified comparable form
    • Sphagnumsporites clavus
    • Sphagnumsporites psilatus
  • Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous ant Sphecomyrma
    Sphecomyrma – type locality for genus
  • Sphenodiscus
  • Spondylus
    • Spondylus echinata
    • Spondylus gregalis
  • Squalicorax
  • Squatina
    • Squatina hassei
  • Stantonella
  • Stegobium
    • Stegobium raritanensis – type locality for species
  • Stegomus
    • Stegomus arcuatus
  • Steingelia
    • Steingelia cretacea – type locality for species
  • Stephandous
  • Stephanodus
  • Steropoides
    • Steropoides ingens
  • Stilobezzia
    • Stilobezzia kurthi – type locality for species
  • Stolamissus – type locality for genus
    • Stolamissus mirabilis – type locality for species
  • Striarca
    • Striarca congesta
    • Striarca saffordi
  • Striaticostatum
    • Striaticostatum sparsum
  • Symmorphus – tentative report
    • Symmorphus senex – type locality for species
  • Syncyclonema
    • Syncyclonema conradi
    • Syncyclonema simplicius
  • Syneucoila – type locality for genus
    • Syneucoila magnifica – type locality for species
  • Synodontaspis
    • Synodontaspis hardingi
    • Synodontaspis holmdelensis
  • Synorichthys
    • Synorichthys stewarti – or unidentified comparable form

T

  • Tagsmiphron – type locality for genus
    • Tagsmiphron ascalaphus – type locality for species
    • Tagsmiphron gigas – type locality for species
    • Tagsmiphron muesebecki – type locality for species
  • Tanytrachelos
  • Taphrosaurus
    • Taphrosaurus lockwoodi
  • Taphrosphys
    • Taphrosphys nodosus – type locality for species
    • Taphrosphys strenuus – type locality for species
    • Taphrosphys sulcatus – type locality for species
  • Shell of a Tellina, or tellin
    Tellina
    • Tellina eborea
  • Tellinimera
    • Tellinimera buboana
    • Tellinimera eborea
    • Tellinimera gabbi
  • Telmatornis – type locality for genus
  • Tenagodus
    • Tenagodus biplicata
  • Tenea
    • Tenea parilis
    • Tenea pinguis
  • Terabratulina
    • Terabratulina cooperi
  • Tethepomyia – type locality for genus
    • Tethepomyia thauma – type locality for species
  • Tetracarcinus
    • Tetracarcinus subquadratus
  • Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene gavial relative Thoracosaurus
    Thoracosaurus
  • Todisporites
    • Todisporites major
    • Todisporites minor
  • Illustration of a fossilized tooth of the dubious Late Cretaceous reptile genus Diplotomodon
    Tomodon – type locality for genus
  • Trachycardium
  • Trachyscaphites
    • Trachyscaphites pulcherrimus
  • Trachytriletes
    • Trachytriletes ancoraeformis – or unidentified comparable form
  • Tricolpites
    • Tricolpites balmei – type locality for species
    • Tricolpites heusseri – type locality for species
    • Tricolpites reticulatus – or unidentified comparable form
    • Tricolpites wilsonii – type locality for species
  • Trigonarca
    • Trigonarca cuneiformis
  • Fossilized shell of the Permian-Paleocene marine bivalve Trigonia
    Trigonia
    • Trigonia cerulia
    • Trigonia enfaulensis
    • Trigonia mortoni
  • Triletes
  • Trionyx
    • Trionyx halophilus
  • Trochoceramus
    • Trochoceramus proobliqua
  • Trochocyathus
    • Trochocyathus balanophylloides
  • A living Turbinella, or chank
    Turbinella
    • Turbinella intermedia
  • Turbinopsis
    • Turbinopsis curta
  • Turbonilla
    • Turbonilla laqueata
  • Turonempis – type locality for genus
    • Turonempis styx – type locality for species
  • Turonicoccus – type locality for genus
    • Turonicoccus beardsleyi – type locality for species
    • Turonicoccus grimaldii – type locality for species
  • Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella
    Turritella
  • Turseodus

U

  • Ulmipollenites
    • Ulmipollenites undulosus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Umbonicardium
    • Umbonicardium umbonatum
  • Unicardium
  • Urceolabrum
    • Urceolabrum tuberculatum

V

  • Veniella
    • Veniella conradi
    • Veniella elevata
    • Veniella trapezoidea
  • Vetericardiella
    • Vetericardiella crenalirata
  • Vianagramma – type locality for genus
    • Vianagramma goldmani – type locality for species
  • Vianathauma – type locality for genus
    • Vianathauma pericarti – type locality for species
  • Volutoderma
    • Volutoderma biplicata
  • Volutomorpha
    • Volutomorpha conradi
    • Volutomorpha ponderosa
  • Life restorations of the Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Volviceramus
    Volviceramus
    • Volviceramus involutus
  • Vulsella – or unidentified comparable form
    • Vulsella monmouthensis

W

  • Wilsonisporites – type locality for genus
    • Wilsonisporites woodbridgei – type locality for species
  • Wormaldia
    • Wormaldia praecursor – type locality for species

X

  • Xanthosia
    • Xanthosia elegans
  • Xenosycorax – type locality for genus
    • Xenosycorax engeli – type locality for species
  • Xenotrichomyia – type locality for genus
    • Xenotrichomyia newjerseyiensis – type locality for species
  • Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus
    Xiphactinus

References