The Mount Laurel Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation located in New Jersey and Delaware. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1] Dinosaur teeth recovered from this formation include tyrannosauroid teeth similar to those of Dryptosaurus, as well as teeth from a ~3-4m saurornitholestine dromaeosaurid.[2] Other fossils include: Belemnites in the genus Belemnitella, Oysters such as Exogyra and Pycnodonte, and rare mosasaur, turtle, and plesiosaur remains.
| Mount Laurel Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: late Campanian to early Maastrichtian | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Navesink Formation |
| Overlies | Wenonah Formation |
| Location | |
| Region |  New Jersey  Delaware |
| Country |  United States |
See also
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Footnotes
edit- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Brownstein, C.D. (2019). New records of theropods from the latest Cretaceous of New Jersey and the Maastrichtian Appalachian fauna. Royal Society Open Science, 6(11): 191206
References
edit- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- C and D Canal, Fossil Hunting: https://www.fossilguy.com/sites/canal/index.htm
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