List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New Jersey

This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of New Jersey, U.S.

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Group or Formation Period Notes
Aquia Formation Paleogene
Beekmantown Group/Stonehenge Formation Ordovician
Boonton Formation Jurassic
Cape May Formation
Chatham Group/Passaic Formation Triassic
Coeymans Limestone Devonian
Feltville Formation Jurassic
Hornerstown Formation Paleogene, Cretaceous
Hornerstown Marls Paleogene
Kirkwood Formation Neogene
Leithsville Formation Cambrian
Lower Hornerstown Formation Paleogene
Magothy Formation Cretaceous
Manasquan Formation Paleogene
Manasquan Group/Vincentown Formation Paleogene
Marcellus Formation Devonian
Marshalltown Formation Cretaceous
Matawan Formation Cretaceous
Matawan Group/Marshalltown Formation Cretaceous
Matawan Group/Wenonah Formation Cretaceous
Matawan Group/Woodbury Formation Cretaceous
Merchantville Formation Cretaceous
Meriden Group/Towaco Jurassic
Matawan Formation Cretaceous
Monmouth Group/Mount Laurel Formation Cretaceous
Monmouth Group/Navesink Formation Cretaceous
Monmouth Group/New Egypt Formation Cretaceous
Monmouth Group/Wenonah Group/Mt. Laurel Formation Cretaceous
Mount Laurel Formation Cretaceous
Navesink Formation Cretaceous
Navesink Group Cretaceous
New Egypt Formation Cretaceous
Newark Group/Lockatong Formation Triassic
Newark Group/Passaic Formation Triassic
Newark Group/Stockton Formation Triassic
Passaic Formation Triassic
Potomac Group/Raritan Group/Magothy Formation Cretaceous
Rancocas Group/Hornerstown Formation Paleogene
Rancocas Group/Vincentown Formation Paleogene
Raritan Formation Cretaceous
Sandy Hook Formation Cretaceous
Shark River Formation Paleogene
Shark River Marl Paleogene
South Amboy Fire Clay Group/Raritan Formation Cretaceous
Stockton Formation Triassic
Tinton Formation Cretaceous
Vincentown Formation Paleogene
Woodbury Formation Cretaceous

See also

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References

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Wikisource has original works on the topic: Paleontology in the United States#New Jersey
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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