Spondylus (Dianchora) echinata (Morton, 1835)

Remarks

• Collector:    Tony Fabian
• Formation:  Monmouth Group, Navesink Formation
• Location:     Monmouth County, NJ.

General Info

Synonyms (other reports in the literature)

• 1835  Plagiostoma echinatum Morton
• 1853  Spondylus capax Conrad
• 1886  Dianchora echinata (Morton); Whitfield
• 1907  Dianchora echinata (Morton); Weller

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Monmouth Group, Tinton Formation of New Jersey
• Monmouth Group, Navesink Formation of New Jersey
• Monmouth Group, Mount Laurel Formation of New Jersey

Age

• Spondylus (Dianchora) echinata (Morton) ranges from the latest Campanian-Earliest Maastrichtian to the late Maastrichtian (~70-66 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• 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), 139-140.