Merchantville Formation Explained

Merchantville Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Age:	Late Cretaceous, late Santonian to early Campanian
Namedfor:	Merchantville, New Jersey
Region:	North America
Underlies:	Woodbury Formation
Overlies:	Cheesequake Formation and Magothy Formation
Period:	Late Cretaceous

The Merchantville Formation is a geological formation in the northeastern United States whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous, around the time of the Santonian and Campanian age.^[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[2]

Vertebrate fauna

• Tyrannosauroidea (Dryptosauridae) indet. (="Cryptotyrannus")^{[3] [4]}
• Hadrosauridae indet. (="Atlantohadros")^{[5] [4]}
• Hadrosaurus foulkii
• Bothremys cooki
• Mosasaurus sp.^[5]
• Ornithomimidae indet.^[6]
• Pteranodon. sp?

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Notes and References

1. Doran Brownstein. Chase. Dinosaurs from the Santonian–Campanian Atlantic coastline substantiate phylogenetic signatures of vicariance in Cretaceous North America. Royal Society Open Science. 2021. 8. 8. 210127. 10.1098/rsos.210127. 34457333. 8385347. 2021RSOS....810127D.
2. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 574-588. .
3. Brownstein. Chase D.. 2017-07-20. A Tyrannosauroid Metatarsus from the Merchantville Formation of New Jersey increases the diversity of non-Tyrannosaurid Tyrannosauroids on Appalachia. en. 10.7287/peerj.preprints.3097v3. free.
4. Web site: Two New Appalachian Dinosaurs Discovered Paleontology Sci-News.com. 2021-08-28. Breaking Science News Sci-News.com. 27 August 2021 . en-US.
5. Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database .
6. Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database .