Neithea quinquecostata (Sowerby, 1814)

Remarks

• Collector:    Ralph Johnson and the Monmouth Amateur Paleontologists' Society (M.A.P.S.)
• Formation:  Monmouth Group, Navesink Formation
• Location:     Monmouth County, NJ

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1814 Pecten quinquecostata Sowerby
• 1886 Neithea quinquecostata (Sowerby); Whitfield
• 1907 Neithea quinquecostata (Sowerby); Weller
• 1916 Pecten quinquecostata Sowerby; Gardner
• 1926 Pecten quinquecostata Sowerby; Wade
• 1954 Neithea quinquecostata (Sowerby); Groot, Organist, and Richards
• 1958 Pecten (Neithea) quinquecostata Sowerby; Richards
• 1982 Neithea quinquecostata (Sowerby); Offeman et al.

Stratigraphic Occurrence

Other states will be included as we get more specific information for this scallop.

• Monmouth Group, Navesink Formation of New Jersey
• Monmouth Group, Mount Laurel Formation of New Jersey and Delaware
• Matawan Group, Marshalltown Formation of New Jersey
• Matawan Group, Merchantville Formation of New Jersey
• Monmouth Group, Severn Formation of Maryland
• Upper Chalk of England

Age

• Neithea quinquecostata (Sowerby) is a relatively long-ranging scallop.  It is as old as possibly latest Santonian and as young as early Maastrichtian (~84–69 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Burlington County, NJ
• Monmouth County, NJ

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Richards, H. G. 1958. The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey. New Jersey Geological Survey Bulletin 61 (2), 135–136.