Raritan Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Turonian | |
Type | Sedimentary |
Unit of | Potomac Group |
Sub-units | Raritan Fire Clay, Farrington Sand Member, Woodbridge Clay Member, Sayreville Sand Member, South Amboy Fire Clay Member |
Underlies | Magothy Formation |
Overlies | Newark Supergroup, Patapsco Formation |
Location | |
Region | New Jersey, New York, Maryland |
Country | USA |
Type section | |
Named for | Raritan Bay |
Named by | William Bullock Clark (1893) [1] |
The Raritan Formation is a Cretaceous (Turonian) sedimentary geologic formation of the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
The formation is described in the USGS publication Tolchester folio, Maryland (1917) as follows:
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus. [3] A tyrannosauroid similar to Appalachiosaurus is known from the formation. [4]
Many plant fossils have been recovered from the Raritan. [1] The formation hosts the New Jersey Amber deposits.
Raritan Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Turonian | |
Type | Sedimentary |
Unit of | Potomac Group |
Sub-units | Raritan Fire Clay, Farrington Sand Member, Woodbridge Clay Member, Sayreville Sand Member, South Amboy Fire Clay Member |
Underlies | Magothy Formation |
Overlies | Newark Supergroup, Patapsco Formation |
Location | |
Region | New Jersey, New York, Maryland |
Country | USA |
Type section | |
Named for | Raritan Bay |
Named by | William Bullock Clark (1893) [1] |
The Raritan Formation is a Cretaceous (Turonian) sedimentary geologic formation of the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
The formation is described in the USGS publication Tolchester folio, Maryland (1917) as follows:
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus. [3] A tyrannosauroid similar to Appalachiosaurus is known from the formation. [4]
Many plant fossils have been recovered from the Raritan. [1] The formation hosts the New Jersey Amber deposits.