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Longitubus lineatus (Weller, 1907)

Remarks

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  • Collector:    Keith Minor
  • Formation:  Monmouth Group, Navesink Formation
  • Location:     Monmouth County, NJ
  • Collector:    Ralph Johnson (M.A.P.S. collection)
  • Formation:  Monmouth Group, Severn Formation
  • Location:     St. Georges County, MD

 

General Info

 

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

  • 1907 Hamulus lineatus Weller
  • 1923 Serpula lineata (Weller); Stephenson
  • 1943 Longitubus lineatus (Weller); Howell
  • 1941 Serpula ? lineatus (Weller); Stephenson
  • 1958 Longitubus lineatus (Weller); Richards

 

Stratigraphic Occurrence (probably includes several species)

  • Monmouth Group, Navesink Formation of New Jersey and Delaware
  • Matawan Group, Merchantville Formation of New Jersey
  • Matawan Group, Woodbury Formation of New Jersey
  • Ripley Formation of Alabama and Georgia
  • Blufftown Formation of Alabama
  • Navarro Group, Nacatoch Formation of northern Texas

 

Age

  • Longitubus lineatus (Weller) ranges throughout the Exogyra ponderosa and Exogyra costata zones of the Gulf and Atlantic Coast, middle Campanian to early Maastrichtian Stage (~81–65 mya).

 

Geographic Occurrence (by no means an all-inclusive list)

  • Alabama (no county given)
  • Bladen County, NC
  • Georgia (no county given)
  • Mississippi (no county given)
  • Monmouth County, NJ
  • Navarro County, TX

 

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

  • Richards, H. G.  1958.  The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey, Part 1.  New Jersey Geological Survey Bulletin 61.
  • Stephenson, L. W.  1941.  The Larger Invertebrate Fossils of the Navarro Group of Texas (Exclusive of Corals and Crustaceans and Exclusive of the Fauna of the Escondido Formation).  University of Texas Publication 4101.

 

Last Updated ( Sunday, 13 January 2008 )
 
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