Mount Laurel Formation

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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

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.

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  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. 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

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