Merchantville Formation

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Merchantville Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, late Santonian to early Campanian
Type Geological formation
Underlies Woodbury Formation
Overlies Cheesequake Formation and Magothy Formation [ citation needed ]
Location
Region North America
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Type section
Named for Merchantville, New Jersey

The Merchantville Formation is a geological formation in the northeastern United States whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous, around the time of the Santonian and Campanian age. [1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. [2]

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References

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