This list of the Mesozoic life of New Jersey contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of New Jersey and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.
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- †Abietineaepollenites
- †Abietineaepollenites aequalis
- †Abietineaepollenites microalatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Abietineaepollenites microreticulatus
- †Abietineaepollenites microsaccus
- †Acanthichnus
- Acipenser
- Acteon
- †Acutostrea
- †Adocus – type locality for genus
- †Adocus agilis – type locality for species
Fossilized skeleton of the Early Cretaceous-Oligocene turtle Adocus beatus - †Adocus firmus – type locality for species
- †Adocus microglypha – type locality for species
- †Adocus parvus
- †Adocus pravus – type locality for species
- †Adocus striatula – type locality for species
- †Adocus syntheticus – type locality for species
- †Aenona
- †Aequitriradites
- †Aequitriradites insolitus – type locality for species
- †Aequitriradites spinulosus
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous oyster Agerostrea - †Agomphus
- †Agomphus pectoralis – type locality for species
- †Agorostrea
- †Agraylea
- †Agraylea cretaria – type locality for species
- †Agraylea lentiginosa – type locality for species
- †Agraylea parva – type locality for species
- †Alautunmyia – type locality for genus
- †Alautunmyia elongata – type locality for species
- †Aliofusus
- †Alisporites
- †Alisporites thomasii – or unidentified comparable form
Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Oligocene Alligator relative Allognathosuchus - †Amaurellina
- Amauropsis
- †Ambermantis – type locality for genus
- †Ambermantis wozniaki – type locality for species
- †Ambigostrea
- †Ambonicardia
- †Ameghinichnus
- †Amerogenia – type locality for genus
- †Amerogenia macrops – type locality for species
- Amia
- †Amia fragosa – or unidentified comparable form
Assemblage of fossilized skeletons of the softshell turtle Amyda - †Amyda prisca – type locality for species
- †Anatalavis
- †Anatalavis rex – type locality for species
- †Anatimya
- †Anchisauripus
- †Anchura
- †Anisomyon
- †Ankylosaurus
- †Anomia
- †Anomia argentaria
- †Anomia tellinoides – tentative report
- †Anomoedus
- †Anomoeodus
Fossil (right) of the Early Jurassic dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Anomoepus - †Anomoepus crassus – type locality for species
- †Anomoepus intermedius
- †Anomoepus scambus
- †Apatopus
- †Aphrodina
- †Apoglaesoconis – type locality for genus
- †Apoglaesoconis ackermani – type locality for species
- †Apoglaesoconis cherylae – type locality for species
- †Apoglaesoconis luzzii – type locality for species
- †Apoglaesoconis swolenskyi – type locality for species
- Appendicisporites
- †Appendicisporites ethmos – or unidentified comparable form
- †Appendicisporites multicornutus – type locality for species
- †Appendicisporites tricornitatus
- †Arambourgiania – or unidentified comparable form
- †Araucariacites
- Arca
- †Arcellites
- †Arcellites caudatus – type locality for species
- †Arcellites mirabilis – type locality for species
- †Arcellites nudus
- †Archaeostephanus – type locality for genus
- †Archaeostephanus corae – type locality for species
- †Archaeromma
- †Archaeromma carnifex – type locality for species
- †Archaeserropalpus – type locality for genus
- †Archaeserropalpus cretaceus – type locality for species
- †Archichrysotus
- †Archichrysotus incompletus – type locality for species
- †Archicnephia – type locality for genus
- †Archicnephia ornithoraptor – type locality for species
- †Archimelzira – type locality for genus
- †Archimelzira americana – type locality for species
- †Archiphora – type locality for genus
- †Archiphora pria – type locality for species
- †Argoides
- †Arroges
- †Ascaulocardium
- Astarte
- Astrangia
- Ataphrus
Fossilized skeleton of the gar Atractosteus - †Atreipus
- †Atreipus milfordensis – type locality for species
- Attagenus
- †Attagenus turonianensis – type locality for species
- †Aureophlebia – type locality for genus
- †Aureophlebia sinitshenkovae – type locality for species
- †Avellana
- †Axonoceras
- †Axonoceras angolanum – or unidentified comparable form
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- †Baculites
- †Baculites claviformis
- †Baculites haresi
- †Baculites ovatus
- †Baculites scotti – tentative report
- †Baculites vaalsensis
Amber-entombed specimen of the Early-Late Cretaceous ant Baikuris - †Baikuris casei – type locality for species
- †Balmeisporites
- Barbatia
- †Batrachopus
- †Belemnitella
- †Bellifusus
- Bernaya
- †Bernaya burlingtonensis – type locality for species
- †Boodlepteris
- †Boreobythus – type locality for genus
- †Boreobythus turonius – type locality for species
- †Borephemera – type locality for genus
- †Borephemera goldmani – type locality for species
- †Bothremys
- †Bothremys cooki – type locality for species
- †Bottosaurus
- †Bottosaurus harlani – type locality for species
- Botula
- Brachaelurus
- †Brachaelurus hornerstownensis – type locality for species
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Brachychampsa - †Brachychirotherium
- †Brachyrhizodus
- †Brontozoum
Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous ant Brownimecia - †Brownimecia clavata – type locality for species
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- Caestocorbula
- †Callialasporites
- †Callialasporites insuetus – type locality for species
- Callianassa
- †Calliomphalus
- †Camarozonosporites
- †Camptonectes
- †Caprotina
- †Cardiaster
- Cardita
- Cardium [fr; nl; sv]
- †Carinatermes – type locality for genus
- †Carinatermes nascimbeni – type locality for species
- †Carios
- †Casstrochaena
- Catapleura
- †Catapleura ponderosa – type locality for species
- †Catapleura repanda – type locality for species
- †Catopygus
- †Cenomanocarcinus
Life restoration of the Late Triassic-Eocene lungfish Ceratodus - †Ceratodus frazieri – or unidentified related form
- Cerithium
- †Cerithium pilsbryi
- †Cerithium weeksi – or unidentified related form
- †Chasmatosporites
- †Chedighaii
- Cheilotrichia
- †Cheilotrichia cretacea – type locality for species
- †Chelone
- Chiloscyllium
Restorative model of the hypothetical trackmaker of the Late Triassic ichnogenus Chirotherium with real fossil footprints in the background - †Chirotherium lulli – type locality for species
- †Chirotherium parvum – type locality for species
- Chlamys
- †Chlamys michellesmithi – type locality for species
- †Chlamys whitfieldi
- †Chloranthistemon
- †Chloranthistemon crossmanensis – type locality for species
- †Choriatothyris
- †Choristothyris
- †Cicatricosisporites
- †Cicatricosisporites goeppertii
- †Cicatricosisporites intersectus
- †Cicatricosisporites striosporites
- †Cicatricosisporites verrucosus – type locality for species
- †Cidares
Fossilized vertebrae in multiple views of the Cretaceous plesiosaur Cimoliasaurus - †Cimolomys – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cingulatisporites
- †Cingulatisporites carinatus – type locality for species
- †Cingulatisporites exiniconfertus – type locality for species
- †Cingulatisporites problematicus
- †Cingulatisporites pyriformis – type locality for species
- †Cirroceras
- †Clathropteris
- Clavagella
- †Clavatipollenites
- †Clavipholas
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaurid Clidastes - †Clidastes iguanavus – type locality for species
- Cliona
- †Clionia
- †Clisocolus
- †Cloranthistemon
Illustration of a fossilized tibia of the Late Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Coelosaurus antiquus - †Coelosaurus antiquus – type locality for species
- †Coelurosaurichnus
- Concavisporites
- †Concavisporites granulatus – type locality for species
- †Concavisporites orbicornutus – type locality for species
- †Concavisporites tricornutus – type locality for species
- †Conclavipollis
- †Conclavipollis densilatus – type locality for species
- †Conosaurops
- †Contogenys – tentative report
Shell of a Corbula basket clam - †Corsochelys
- Crassatella
Fossilized shell of the Cretaceous-modern oyster Crassostrea - †Cratotabanus
- †Cratotabanus newjerseyensis – type locality for species
- †Crenella
- †Cretagaster – type locality for genus
- †Cretagaster raritanensis – type locality for species
- †Cretocar – type locality for genus
- †Cretocar luzzii – type locality for species
- †Cretocoranina
- †Cretodus
Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna - †Cretomicrophorus
- †Cretomicrophorus novemundus – type locality for species
- †Cretomitarcys – type locality for genus
- †Cretomitarcys luzzii – type locality for species
- †Cretothrips – type locality for genus
- †Cretothrips antiquus – type locality for species
- †Cretotrigona
- †Cretotrigona prisca – type locality for species
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina, or the Ginsu shark - †Crocodilus
- †Crocodilus obscurus – type locality for species
- †Cronquistiflora
- Ctena
- Ctenoides
Shell of a Cucullaea, or false ark shell - Culicoides
- †Culicoides bifidus – type locality for species
- †Culicoides casei
- †Culicoides filipalpis
- †Culicoides grandibocus – type locality for species
- †Culicoides truncatus – type locality for species
- †Culicoides yoosti – type locality for species
- †Cuna
- †Cuneocorbula – tentative report
- Cuspidaria
- †Cyathidites
- †Cycadopites
- †Cycadopites folicularis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Cylindracanthus
- †Cymbophora
- †Cymella
- †Cyprimeria
- †Cyrodes
- Cyzicus – or unidentified comparable form
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- †Dacrycarpites
- Dasyatis
- †Dasyatis newegyptensis – type locality for species
Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Alligator relative Deinosuchus - †Deltoidospora
- †Deltoidospora incomposita – type locality for species
- †Densoisporites
- †Dentalium
- †Detrusandra
- †Dhondtichlamys
- †Dianchora
- †Dictyophyllidites
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous marsupial relative Didelphodon - †Didymoceras
- †Didymoceras draconis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Diploconcha
- †Diplocynodon
- †Diplurus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Dipristis
- †Dipristis meirsii – type locality for species
- †Discisporites
- †Discisporites discoides – type locality for species
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Discoscaphites - †Dithophaga
- Dohrniphora
- †Dolicholatirus
- Dosinia
- †Drilluta
- †Drilluta buboanus – or unidentified comparable form
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous primitive tyrannosaur Dryptosaurus - †Dryptosaurus aquilunguis – type locality for species
- †Dziedzickia
- †Dziedzickia nashi – type locality for species
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- †Echodus
- †Ectrepesthoneura
- †Ectrepesthoneura swolenskyi – type locality for species
- †Edaphadon
- Edaphodon
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus annectens - †Elasmophron – type locality for genus
- †Elasmophron kurthi – type locality for species
- †Elasmosaurus
- †Elasmosaurus orientalis – type locality for species
- †Electrobaissa – type locality for genus
- †Electrobaissa omega – type locality for species
- †Electrosania – type locality for genus
- †Electrosania cretica – type locality for species
- †Ellipsoscapha
- †Emplita – type locality for genus
- †Emplita casei – type locality for species
Restoration of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Enchodus, or the "saber-toothed herring" - †Endoptygma
- †Eomatsucoccus
- †Eomatsucoccus casei – type locality for species
- Eonavicula
- †Epitonium
- †Erquelinnesia
- †Erquelinnesia molaria – type locality for species
- †Etea
- †Eubaculites
- †Eubaculites carinatus
- †Eubaculites labyrinthicus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Eufistulana
- †Euspira
- †Eutrephoceras
Interior of a fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous foam oyster Exogyra - †Eydeia
- †Eydeia jerseyensis – type locality for species
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- †Gegania
- †Gervilia
- †Gervillia
- †Gervilliopsis
A living Ginglymostoma nurse shark - †Ginglymostoma cuspidata – type locality for species
- †Ginglymostoma globidens
- †Glaesoconis
- †Glaesoconis nearctica – type locality for species
- †Gleicheniidites
- †Gleicheniidites orientalis
- †Gleicheniidites raritanianus – type locality for species
- †Gleicheniidites senonicus
- Glossus
- Glycimeris
Fossilized shell of a Glycymeris, or bittersweet clam - †Glyptoxoceras
- †Gonyaulax
- †Gonyaulax pachyderma – or unidentified comparable form
- †Gonyaulax wetzeli – or unidentified comparable form
- †Graculavus – type locality for genus
- †Graculavus pumilis – type locality for species
- †Graculavus velox – type locality for species
Fossil negative with skin impressions of the theropod dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Grallator - †Grallator cursorius
- †Grallator formosus
- †Grallator parallelus
- †Grallator sulcatus – type locality for species
- †Granocardium
- †Gregikia – type locality for genus
- †Gregikia pallida – type locality for species
- †Grimaldiella – type locality for genus
- †Grimaldiella gregaria – type locality for species
- †Grimaldiella resinophila – type locality for species
- †Grimaldiraphidia
- †Grimaldiraphidia luzzii – type locality for species
- †Grimaldivania – type locality for genus
- †Grimaldivania ackermani – type locality for species
- †Grimaldivania mckimorum – type locality for species
Interior and exterior of a fossilized shell of the Late Triassic-Eocene marine bivalve Gryphaea - †Gryphaeostrea
- †Gwyneddichnium
- Gyrodes
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Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous dinosaur Hadrosaurus - †Hadrosaurus cavatus – type locality for species
- †Hadrosaurus foulkii – type locality for species
- †Hadrosaurus minor – type locality for species
- †Halisaurus
- †Hamule
- †Haptosphenus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hardouinea
- †Harpagopus
- †Heleageron
- †Heleageron grimaldii – type locality for species
- Hemiaster
- Hemiscyllium
- †Henopelecinus – type locality for genus
- †Henopelecinus pygmaeus – type locality for species
- †Hercorhynchus
- †Hercorhyncus
- †Herpystezoum
A living Heterodontus, or bullhead shark - †Heterodontus creamridgensis – type locality for species
- †Hilarimorphites – type locality for genus
- †Hilarimorphites longimedia – type locality for species
- †Hilarimorphites setosa – type locality for species
- †Hilarimorphites superba – type locality for species
- †Hilarimorphites yeatesi – type locality for species
- †Homorophus – type locality for genus
- †Homorophus insuetus – type locality for species
- †Hoploparia
- †Hoploscaphites
Restoration of two of the Permian-Late Cretaceous cartilaginous fish Hybodus - †Hyposaurus
- †Hyposaurus rogersii – type locality for species
- †Hypotodus
- †Hypoxytoma
- †Hypsibema
- †Hypsognathus – type locality for genus
- †Hypsognathus fenneri – type locality for species
Life restoration of the Late Triassic drepanosaur Hypuronector - †Hypuronector limnaios – type locality for species
- †Hystrichosphaeridium
- †Hystrichosphaeridium armatum – or unidentified comparable form
- †Hystrichosphaeridium multicornutum – type locality for species
- †Hystrichosphaeridium raritanianum – type locality for species
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Restoration of the Late Triassic gliding reptile Icarosaurus - †Icarosaurus siefkeri – type locality for species
- †Inaperturopollenites
- †Inaperturopollenites atlanticus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Inaperturopollenites tenuis – type locality for species
- †Inoceramus
- †Inoperna
- †Ischyodus
- †Ischyrhiza
- †Ischyriza
- †Izleiina
- †Izleiina spinitibialis – type locality for species
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- †Jantarimantis – type locality for genus
- †Jantarimantis zherikhini – type locality for species
- †Jantaropterix
- †Jantaropterix newjersey – type locality for species
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Jeletzkytes - †Jeletzkytes criptonodosus
- †Jeletzkytes nodosus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Jeletzkytes plenus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Jersambromyia – type locality for genus
- †Jersambromyia borodini – type locality for species
- †Jersaphis – type locality for genus
- †Jersaphis luzzii – type locality for species
- †Jerseucoila – type locality for genus
- †Jerseucoila plesiosoma – type locality for species
- †Jerseyempheria – type locality for genus
- †Jerseyempheria grimaldii – type locality for species
- †Jerseyuloborus – type locality for genus
- †Jerseyuloborus longisoma – type locality for species
- †Jersiberotha – type locality for genus
- †Jersiberotha luzzii – type locality for species
- †Jersiberotha similis – type locality for species
- †Jersicoccus – type locality for genus
- †Jersicoccus kurthi – type locality for species
- †Jersimantis – type locality for genus
- †Jersimantis luzzii – type locality for species
- †Jersimantispa
- †Jersimantispa henryi – type locality for species
- Juliacorbula
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- †Kitchinites
- †Klukisporites
- †Koteya – type locality for genus
- †Koteya luzzii – type locality for species
Fossil of the Late Jurassic horseshoe crab Mesolimulus at the end of the trackway that it produced of the ichnogenus Kouphichnium - †Kyromyrma – type locality for genus
- †Kyromyrma neffi – type locality for species
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- †Labiococcus – type locality for genus
- †Labiococcus joosti – type locality for species
- †Lagonomegops
- †Lagonomegops americanus – type locality for species
- †Laornis – type locality for genus
- †Laornis edvardsianus – type locality for species
- Laternula
- †Latiala
- †Legumen
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous alligator relative Leidyosuchus - Leptoconops
- †Leptoconops copiosus – type locality for species
- †Leptoconops curvachelus – type locality for species
- †Leptosolen
- †Lewyites
- †Liadopsylla
- †Liadopsylla hesperia – type locality for species
- †Liassocupes
- Lima
- Limatula
- †Limonia
- †Limonia dillonae – type locality for species
- Limopsis
- †Linearea
- †Linearis
- Linuparus
Partial fossilized jaws of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Liodon - †Liodon validus – type locality for species
- †Liopistha
- †Lissodus
- Lithophaga
- †Longitubus
- Lopha
- †Loreisomorpha – type locality for genus
- †Loreisomorpha nascimbenei – type locality for species
A living Lunatia moon sea snail - †Lycopodiacidites
- †Lycopodiumsporites
- †Lyriochlamys
- Lytoloma
- †Lytoloma jeanesii – type locality for species
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- †Mabelia – type locality for genus
- †Mabelia archaia – type locality for species
- †Mabelia connatifila – type locality for species
- †Machaerosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
- Malletia
- †Mantispidiptera – type locality for genus
- †Mantispidiptera enigmatica – type locality for species
- †Margaritella
- Martesia
- †Matonisporites
- †Matonisporites globosus – type locality for species
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretceous coelacanth fish Megalocoelacanthus - †Meleagrinella
- †Menabites
- †Menuites
- †Mesotachyporus – type locality for genus
- †Mesotachyporus puer – type locality for species
- †Metoicoceras
- †Metopina
- †Metopina goeleti – type locality for species
- †Micrabacia
- †Microaltingia – type locality for genus
- †Microaltingia apocarpela – type locality for species
- †Milnesium
- †Milnesium swolenskyi – type locality for species
- †Minyorussus – type locality for genus
- †Minyorussus luzzii – type locality for species
- †Miocardiopsis
- †Modiolus
- †Monosulcites
- †Monosulcites scaber – type locality for species
- †Morea
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous Mosasaurus - †Mosasaurus conodon – type locality for species
- †Mosasaurus dekayi – type locality for species
- †Mosasaurus dekayii – type locality for species
- †Mosasaurus maximus – type locality for species
- †Mytilus – tentative report
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- †Napulus
- †Nascimberotha – type locality for genus
- †Nascimberotha picta – type locality for species
- †Naviculaformipites – type locality for genus
- †Naviculaformipites atlanticus – type locality for species
- †Naviculaformipites psilatus – type locality for species
- †Nedocosia
- †Nedocosia novacaesarea – type locality for species
- †Neithea
- †Nemedromia
- †Nemedromia turonia – type locality for species
- †Nemocardium
- †Nemodon
- †Neoturonius – type locality for genus
- †Neoturonius asymmetrus – type locality for species
- †Neoturonius cretatus – type locality for species
- †Neoturonius vetus – type locality for species
- †Newjersevania – type locality for genus
- †Newjersevania casei – type locality for species
- †Newjersevania nascimbenei – type locality for species
Restoration of several species of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Nostoceras - †Novajerseya – type locality for genus
- †Novajerseya glesumica – type locality for species
- Nucula
- Nuculana
- †Nuhliantha – type locality for genus
- †Nuhliantha nyanzaiana – type locality for species
- †Nymphalucina
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- †Odaxosaurus – or unidentified comparable form
A living Odontaspis sand shark - †Odontofusus
- Oecobius – tentative report
- †Oligoptycha
- Oncopareia – or unidentified comparable form
- †Oodnadattia
- †Oodnadattia cooksonii – type locality for species
- †Oolopygus
- †Opertochasma
Fossil of the Permian-modern crustacean burrow ichnogenus Ophiomorpha - Orchestina
- †Osmundacidites
- †Osmundacidites wellmanii – or unidentified comparable form
- †Osteopleurus
- †Osteopygis – type locality for genus
- †Osteopygis borealis – type locality for species
- †Osteopygis emarginatus – type locality for species
- †Osteopygis erosus – type locality for species
- †Osteopygis platylomus – type locality for species
- †Osteopygis robustus – type locality for species
Shell of an Ostrea, or oyster - †Oxyrhina
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Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Pachydiscus - Pagurus
- †Paladmete
- †Palaeagapetus
- †Palaeagapetus furcilla – type locality for species
- †Palaeobrachypogon
- †Palaeobrachypogon grandiforceps – type locality for species
- †Palaeobrachypogon remmi
- †Palaeometropus – type locality for genus
- †Palaeometropus cassus – type locality for species
Fossilized skeleton of the Permian bony fish Palaeoniscum - †Palaeopagurus – tentative report
- †Palaeosegestria – type locality for genus
- †Palaeosegestria lutzzii – type locality for species
- †Palaeotringa – type locality for genus
- †Palaeotringa littoralis – type locality for species
- †Palaeotringa vagans – type locality for species
- †Paleoenkianthus – type locality for genus
- †Paleoenkianthus sayrevillensis – type locality for species
- †Paleofusimitra
- Panopea
- †Paracupes
- †Paracupes svitkoi – type locality for species
- †Paracyathus – tentative report
- †Paralbula
- †Paranomia
- †Paranomotodon
- †Pariostegeus
- †Parmicorbula
- †Parrisia – type locality for genus
- †Parrisia neocesariensis – type locality for species
- †Parvisaccites
- †Parvisaccites sphaericorpus – type locality for species
Shells of Pecten scallops - †Perforissus – type locality for genus
- †Perforissus muiri – type locality for species
- †Periplomya
- †Peritresius
- †Perrisonota
- †Perseanthus – type locality for genus
- †Perseanthus crossmanensis – type locality for species
- Phacoides
- †Phloeocharis
- †Phloeocharis agerata – type locality for species
Fossilized shell of the Early Triassic-Pliocene marine bivalve Pholadomya - Pholas
- †Phylocentropus – type locality for genus
- †Phylocentropus cretaceous – type locality for species
- †Phylocentropus gelhausi – type locality for species
- †Phylocentropus swolenskyi – type locality for species
- †Piceaepollenites
- †Piceaepollenites alatus
- †Piceaepollenites subconcinnus – type locality for species
- †Pilosisporites
- †Pilosisporites papilloides – type locality for species
- †Pinna
- †Pinuspollenites
- †Pinuspollenites granulatus – type locality for species
- †Pinuspollenites megasaccus – type locality for species
Fossilized shell of the Late Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod Placenticeras - †Placenticeras placenta
- †Placenticeras syrtale – tentative report
- †Plagiostoma
- †Platacodon – or unidentified comparable form
- †Platysaccus
- †Platysaccus radiatus – type locality for species
- †Plesiosaurus
- †Plesiosaurus brevifemur – type locality for species
- †Pleuriocardia
- †Plicatolamna
- Plicatula
- †Plioplatecarpus
- †Plioplatecarpus depressus – type locality for species
Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous wasp Plumalexius - †Plumalexius rasnitsyni – type locality for species
- †Podocarpidites
- Polinices
- †Postligata
- †Postopsyllidium – type locality for genus
- †Postopsyllidium emilyae – type locality for species
- †Praeleda
- †Prionochelys
- †Prioriphora
- †Prioriphora casei – type locality for species
- †Prioriphora luzzii – type locality for species
- †Pristis
- †Procolophonichnium
- †Procolpochelys
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Prognathodon preying upon an ammonoid cephalopod - †Prognathodon rapax – type locality for species
- †Prognathodon sectorius – type locality for species
- †Proratites – type locality for genus
- †Proratites simplex – type locality for species
- †Protalphadon
- †Proteacidites
- †Proteacidites rectilatus – type locality for species
- †Protocallianassa
- †Protocardia
- †Protoculicoides
- †Protoplatyrhina
- †Protorhyssalus – type locality for genus
- †Protorhyssalus goldmani – type locality for species
- †Prototeius – type locality for genus
- †Prototeius stageri – type locality for species
Fossilized teeth of the Cretaceous shark Pseudocorax - †Pseudocuphosis – type locality for genus
- †Pseudocuphosis tristis – type locality for species
- †Pseudodontaspis
- †Pseudodontaspis herbsti – or unidentified comparable form
- †Pseudohypolophus
- †Pseudolimea
- †Pseudophyllites
- †Psolimena – type locality for genus
- †Psolimena electra – type locality for species
- †Pteria
Fossilized shell of the Jurassic-Cretaceous marine bivalve Pterotrigonia - †Ptychotrygon
- Pycnodonte
- †Pyrifusus
- †Pyropsis
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- †Radiopecten
- Rangia – tentative report
- †Rasnitsynapus – type locality for genus
- †Rasnitsynapus primigenius – type locality for species
- †Remnita
- †Remnita biacuminata – or unidentified comparable form
- †Rhachibermissa – type locality for genus
- †Rhachibermissa phenax – type locality for species
- †Rhachibermissa splendida – type locality for species
- †Rhetechelys
- †Rhetechelys platyops – type locality for species
- Rhinobatos
Restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene ray Rhombodus - †Rhynchosauroides
- †Rhynchosauroides brunswickii
- †Rhynchosauroides hyperbates – type locality for species
- Ringicula
- †Rostellites
- †Rouseisporites
- †Rugubivesiculites
Fossilized skeleton of the Late Triassic phytosaur Rutiodon - †Rutiodon carolinensis
- †Rutiodon manhattanensis – type locality for species
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- †Sabalpollenites
- †Sabalpollenites dividuus – type locality for species
- †Sargana
- †Sauropus
- †Sauropus ingens – type locality for species
- †Sayrevilleus – type locality for genus
- †Sayrevilleus grimaldii – type locality for species
Restoration of several of the Early Cretaceous-Miocene shark Scapanorhynchus - †Scaphites
- †Schizosporis
- †Sclerorhynchus
- †Scoyenia
- Segestria – tentative report
- †Semionotus
- †Serphites
- †Serphites navesinkae – type locality for species
- †Serphites raritanensis – type locality for species
- Serpula
Fossilized teeth of the Cretaceous-Eocene shark Serratolamna - †Solicoccus – type locality for genus
- †Solicoccus nascimbenei – type locality for species
- †Solyma
- †Spathopria – type locality for genus
- †Spathopria sayrevillensis – type locality for species
- †Sphagnumsporites
- †Sphagnumsporites australis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Sphagnumsporites clavus
- †Sphagnumsporites psilatus
Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous ant Sphecomyrma - †Sphecomyrma freyi – type locality for species
- †Sphecomyrma mesaki – type locality for species
- †Sphenodiscus
- Spondylus
- Squalicorax
- Squatina
- †Stantonella
- †Stegobium
- †Stegobium raritanensis – type locality for species
- †Stegomus
- †Steingelia
- †Steingelia cretacea – type locality for species
- †Stephandous
- †Stephanodus
- †Steropoides
- †Stilobezzia
- †Stilobezzia kurthi – type locality for species
- †Stolamissus – type locality for genus
- †Stolamissus mirabilis – type locality for species
- Striarca
- †Striaticostatum
- †Symmorphus – tentative report
- †Symmorphus senex – type locality for species
- †Syncyclonema
- †Syneucoila – type locality for genus
- †Syneucoila magnifica – type locality for species
- †Synodontaspis
- †Synorichthys
- †Synorichthys stewarti – or unidentified comparable form
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- †Tagsmiphron – type locality for genus
- †Tagsmiphron ascalaphus – type locality for species
- †Tagsmiphron gigas – type locality for species
- †Tagsmiphron muesebecki – type locality for species
- †Tanytrachelos
- †Taphrosaurus
- †Taphrosphys
- †Taphrosphys nodosus – type locality for species
- †Taphrosphys strenuus – type locality for species
- †Taphrosphys sulcatus – type locality for species
Shell of a Tellina, or tellin - †Tellinimera
- †Telmatornis – type locality for genus
- †Telmatornis priscus – type locality for species
- Tenagodus
- †Tenea
- †Terabratulina
- †Tethepomyia – type locality for genus
- †Tethepomyia thauma – type locality for species
- †Tetracarcinus
Fossilized skull of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene gavial relative Thoracosaurus - †Thoracosaurus glyptodon – type locality for species
- †Thoracosaurus neocesariensis – type locality for species
- †Todisporites
Illustration of a fossilized tooth of the dubious Late Cretaceous reptile genus Diplotomodon - †Tomodon horrificus – type locality for species
- Trachycardium
- †Trachyscaphites
- †Trachytriletes
- †Trachytriletes ancoraeformis – or unidentified comparable form
- †Tricolpites
- †Tricolpites balmei – type locality for species
- †Tricolpites heusseri – type locality for species
- †Tricolpites reticulatus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Tricolpites wilsonii – type locality for species
- †Trigonarca
Fossilized shell of the Permian-Paleocene marine bivalve Trigonia - †Triletes
- Trionyx
- †Trochoceramus
- Trochocyathus
A living Turbinella, or chank - †Turbinopsis
- Turbonilla
- †Turonempis – type locality for genus
- †Turonempis styx – type locality for species
- †Turonicoccus – type locality for genus
- †Turonicoccus beardsleyi – type locality for species
- †Turonicoccus grimaldii – type locality for species
Fossilized shells of the Late Jurassic-modern tower snail Turritella - †Turseodus
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- †Ulmipollenites
- †Ulmipollenites undulosus – or unidentified comparable form
- †Umbonicardium
- †Unicardium
- †Urceolabrum
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- †Veniella
- †Vetericardiella
- †Vianagramma – type locality for genus
- †Vianagramma goldmani – type locality for species
- †Vianathauma – type locality for genus
- †Vianathauma pericarti – type locality for species
- †Volutoderma
- †Volutomorpha
Life restorations of the Late Cretaceous marine bivalve Volviceramus - Vulsella – or unidentified comparable form
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- †Wilsonisporites – type locality for genus
- †Wilsonisporites woodbridgei – type locality for species
- †Wormaldia
- †Wormaldia praecursor – type locality for species
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- Xanthosia
- †Xenosycorax – type locality for genus
- †Xenosycorax engeli – type locality for species
- †Xenotrichomyia – type locality for genus
- †Xenotrichomyia newjerseyiensis – type locality for species
Life restoration of the Cretaceous bony fish Xiphactinus
References
- ^ Brian A. Atkinson; Camila Martínez; William L. Crepet (2019). "Cretaceous asterid evolution: fruits of Eydeia jerseyensis sp. nov. (Cornales) from the upper Turonian of eastern North America". Annals of Botany. 123 (3): 451–460. doi:10.1093/aob/mcy170. PMC 6377102. PMID 30212854.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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