Woodbury Formation
| Woodbury Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Campanian, | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Englishtown Formation |
| Overlies | Merchantville Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | New Jersey |
| Country | United States |
The Woodbury Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in New Jersey, United States.
Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Using radio isotope dating of bivalve shells, the formation has been dated to between 80.5 and 78.5 million years ago.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ Gallagher, W.B. (2005). "Recent mosasaur discoveries from New Jersey and Delaware, USA: stratigraphy, taphonomy and implications for mosasaur extinction." Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 84(3): 241.
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