Navesink Formation

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Navesink Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian
Type Geological formation
Unit of Monmouth Group
Underlies Sandy Hook Formation, New Egypt Formation
Overlies Mount Laurel Formation
Location
Coordinates 39°48′N75°12′W / 39.8°N 75.2°W / 39.8; -75.2
Approximate paleocoordinates 40°12′N50°18′W / 40.2°N 50.3°W / 40.2; -50.3
RegionFlag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Type section
Named for Navesink, New Jersey

The Navesink Formation is a 66 to 70 mya greensand glauconitic marl and sand geological formation in New Jersey. It is known for its Cretaceous period fossil shell beds and dinosaur bones. [1]

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Description

The Navesink Formation, named after Navesink, New Jersey, is typically found above the Mount Laurel Formation and under the Red Bank Formation. There is a 5 mya gap between the Navesink and Mount Laurel Formations. [2] The Navesink varies in depth from 45 feet (14 m) to 65 feet (20 m) across its range from Sandy Hook to Pennsville. [3] [4]

The Navesink has the highest radon gas potential of the New Jersey geologic [5] formations.

Sites

There are several locations where the Navesink Formation is visible including Poricy Park in Middletown, New Jersey which has several exposures along Poricy Brook. There is also exposure in Big Brook Park in Marlboro, NJ.

Paleofauna

Dinosaurs
Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxonTaxon falsely reported as presentDubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
GenusSpeciesMaterialNotesImages
Coelosaurus [6] C. antiquusTibiaAn ornithomimid.
Diplotomodon [7] D. horrificusToothIndeterminate theropod.
Dryptosaurus [8] D. aquilunguisA large eutyrannosaur.
Hadrosaurus [9] H. foukiiCaudal vertebraeA hadrosaurid.
" Hadrosaurus" [10] "H." minorPartial hindlimb, vertebrae, [and] ribs.Probably a basal hadrosaurid different from Hadrosaurus. [8]
Nodosauridae [8] IndeterminateVertebraAn indeterminate nodosaurid, possibly a new taxon.
Ornithomimosauria [11] IndeterminateEnd of metatarsal, end of tibia, pedal phalangesOrnithomimosaur part of "Laelaps" macropus .
" Teihivenator "IndeterminateTibia fragmentsInformal genus of tyrannosauroid theropod. Might be a chimera of tyrannosauroid and ornithomimid remains.
Telmatornis T. priscusPossibly a charadriform.
Tyrannosauroidea [12] IndeterminateTibiaTyrannosauroid part of "Laelaps" macropus. A small tyrannosauroid, possibly juvenile, closely related to Bistahieversor.
Tyrannosauroidea [13] IndeterminatePedal phalanxA large tyrannosauroid possibly the same taxon as "Laelaps" macropus .

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