Hardouinia (Hardouinia) florealis (Morton, 1833)

Remarks

• Collection:   Monmouth Amateur Paleontologists Society (Ralph Johnson)
• Formation:  Matawan Group, Marshalltown Formation
• Location:     Newcastle County, Delaware

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1833 Clypeaster florealis Morton
• 1834 Clypeaster florealis Morton
• 1847 Pygurus florealis (Morton); Agassiz and Desor
• 1856 Faujasia florealis (Morton); d'Orbigny
• 1858 Faujasia florealis (Morton); Desor
• 1864 Cassidulus florealis (Morton); Meek
• 1891 Cassidulus florealis (Morton) Clark
• 1893 Cassidulus florealis (Morton); Clark
• 1915 Cassidulus florealis (Morton); Clark
• 1921 Procassidulus florealis (Morton); Lambert and Thiéry
• 1921 Faujasia florealis (Morton) Lambert and Thiéry
• 1953 Hardouinia florealis (Morton); Cooke
• 1958 Hardouinia florealis (Morton); Richards

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Matawan Group, Marshalltown Formation of New Jersey and Delaware

Age

• Hardouinia florealis (Morton) is middle Campanian in age (~78 mya).

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

• Newcastle County, DE

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Richards, H. G.  1958.  The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey, Part 1.  New Jersey Geological Survey Bulletin 61.