Mount Laurel Formation | |
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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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