| 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. Dinosaur teeth recovered from this formation include tyrannosauroid teeth similar to those of Dryptosaurus, as well as teeth from a ~3-4m saurornitholestine dromaeosaurid. Other fossils include: Belemnites in the genus Belemnitella, Oysters such as Exogyra and Pycnodonte, and rare mosasaur, turtle, and plesiosaur remains.
See also
Footnotes
- Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- 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
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.
- C and D Canal, Fossil Hunting: https://www.fossilguy.com/sites/canal/index.htm
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