Location County State/Province Directions,Notes Age Formation Fossils Comments Reference Lat-Long
Farmington Atlantic NJ Eocene Shark Teeth — Lamna NJ0001
Glen Rock Bergen NJ Triassic Brunswick Hypsognathus NJ0002
Granton Quarry Bergen NJ Triassic Newark Fish fossils,Reptile fossils-Eupelor,Hypuronector,Icarosaurus,Rutiodon;ichnofossils-Coelurosaurichnus,Grallator NJ0003
Hackensack Bergen NJ near Polify Rd mastodon teeth NJ0004
North Bergen Bergen NJ At Granton Quarry Triassic Lockatong fish-Diplurus,Synorichthys,Turseodus? NJ0005
Northvale Bergen NJ along RR tracks through town leaves,fish,shells,crinoids NJ0006
Birmingham Burlington NJ pelecypod Agerostrea NJ0007
Birmingham Burlington NJ Cretaceous Hornerstown vertebrates-turtle-Zygoramma;Crocodile-Thoracosaurus NJ0008
Birmingham Burlington NJ in Greensands Cretaceous turtles-Taphrosphys;fish-Ischyodus,sharks NJ0009 Original indicates ‘Neoselachian’ which is not a genus,but rather a high level grouping that includes most Cretaceous sharks
Crosswicks Burlington NJ Cretaceous fish-Pycnodus NJ0010 Can’t find any citations for a Green Malls formation (Green Marls?)
Ellisdale Burlington NJ in bed of Crosswicks Creek Cretaceous numerous vertebrate bone fragments-turtles,crocodiles,dinosaurs,etc.–Dryptosaurus,Hadrosaurus,Hypsibema NJ0011 http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/696web/dinosaur.html
Farmingdale? Burlington NJ in Greensands Cretaceous turtles-Lembonax NJ0012
Lumberton Burlington NJ Cretaceous Navesink Turtle fragments Prionochelys. Mosasaur fragments,Halisaurus NJ0013
Lumberton Burlington NJ In sand pit exposure Eocene? Shark Teeth,bones,coral,invertebrates NJ0014
Medford Burlington NJ in Greensands Cretaceous fish-Edaphodon,Istiophorus;turtles-Taphrosphys NJ0015
Medford Burlington NJ in Greensands Cretaceous turtles-Adocus NJ0016
Mount Holly Burlington NJ in Greensands Cretaceous fish-Enchodus NJ0017
Pemberton Burlington NJ in Greensands Cretaceous fish-sharks;turtles-Lytoloma NJ0018
Rancocas Creek Valley Burlington NJ Cretaceous Upper Rancocas Lingulina,Pentacrinus,Goniaster,Cidaris,Salenia,Pseudodiadema,Coptosoma,Terebratula,Gryphaea,Flabellina,Polymorphina,Trematopygus,Catopygus,Hemiaster,Teredo,Nautilus,Ammonites NJ0019 Flabellina is a nudibranch. How could it be recognized as a fossil?’
Vincentown Burlington NJ Cephalopods; Rotularia; Bryozoa Coscinopleura NJ0020
Vincentown Burlington NJ At Alloway Pit (overgrown irrigation pond excavation) E of Newbold Corner Rd. Close to Nike missile towers Paleocene Vincentown shark teeth,coral,bones NJ0021
Vincentown Burlington NJ On N branch of Rancocas Creek Paleocene Vincentown ? NJ0022
Willingboro? Burlington NJ Around Graham’s Brickyard near junction of NJ38 and NJ73 Cretaceous shells NJ0023
Blackwood Camden NJ Cretaceous Shark teeth -Cretolamna,Scapanorhynchus,Squalicorax (several species),coprolites. Ischyodus,fish – Pycnodus,Enchodus,trigonodonts (Stephanodus). Mosasaurs NJ0024
Camden Camden NJ Site of Hadrosaurus discovery Cretaceous Abundant,but poorly preserved fossils: NJ0025
Haddonfield Camden NJ Cooper River tributary near junction of Maple and Grove Streets Cretaceous Woodbury Turtle-Dollochelys NJ0224
Haddonfield Camden NJ Cretaceous Upper Marine mollusks from the Woodbury Formation are reportedly found in a small gully near the corner of Maple Ave and Grove St in Haddonfield. Cretaceous ? NJ0027
Haddonfield Camden NJ The first dinosaur found in North America from a gully in Haddonfield,New Jersey Cretaceous Potomac dinosaur bones NJ0028
Pennsauken Camden NJ Pleistocene Fish House fossils NJ0029
Stratford Camden NJ On tributary of Big Timber Creek Shark Teeth – Otodus NJ0030
Cape May Point Cape May NJ At the state beach Paleozoic fossils washed up by tide NJ0031
Higbee Cape May NJ Paleozoic fossils washed up by tide NJ0032
Reeds Beach Cape May NJ Paleozoic fossils washed up by tide NJ0033
Fairton Cumberland NJ In quartzite boulders dredged from stream through town Miocene-Pliocene Cohansey? silicified bivalves and gastropods NJ0034
Shiloh Cumberland NJ Shiloh marl pit Miocene Kirkland Turtle-Procolpochelys NJ0035
Morristown Essex NJ At soccer field Triassic Newark Dinosaur Tracks NJ0036
Riker Hill Essex NJ In Rosedale,NJ. Exit 4a I280W S on Eisenhower Parkway. 1.7km. Left on Beaufort Ave. 600m to park entrance. Collecting permits sometimes available from County Park Service dinosaur tracks NJ0037
Rikers Hill Essex NJ Triassic Newark Fish fossils NJ0038
Roseland Essex NJ Jurassic Towaco Sandstone dinosaur tracks – Anomoepus NJ0039
Barnsboro Gloucester NJ Cretaceous Hornerstown vertebrates-Turtles-Bothremys;Crocodile-Holops NJ0040
Barnsboro Gloucester NJ 3.2km S Cretaceous New Egypt dinosaur claw-Dryptosaurus NJ0041
Barnsboro Gloucester NJ Area exposures including W Jersey Marl Co in Greensands Cretaceous turtles-Adocus,Osteopygis,Taphrosphys;fish-Edaphodon,Ischyodus,Leptomylus,Squalicorax NJ0042 original says ‘Barnesboro’ which seems to be an old spelling
Harrisonville Gloucester NJ Cretaceous Timber Creek Limestone Turtle-Lytoloma NJ0043
Hurffville Gloucester NJ in Greensands Cretaceous fish-Ischyodus NJ0044
Jericho Gloucester NJ In old overgrown marl pits about 2km N of Jericho Miocene Kirkwood Eucrassatella,Melina,Plicatula NJ0045
Mantua Gloucester NJ Jackson Road adjacent to Jackson Road at Mantua-Harrison Township lines in Gloucester County. in Cretaceous Navesink Plesiosaur bone fragments NJ0046
Mullica Hill Gloucester NJ Fossil material reported found in 2003 or so in a working pit Cretaceous? bone fragments,mollusks,petrified wood NJ0047
Mullica Hill Gloucester NJ Fossiliferous Cretaceous Upper Mount Laurel and Navesink beds are reportedly exposed at Mullica Hill on the South side of US322 at the NJ45 Junction. Cretaceous Navesink|Mount Laurel Cretolamna NJ0048
Mullica Hill Gloucester NJ Shell bed. Pleistocene ? NJ0049
Mullica Hill Gloucester NJ in Greensands Cretaceous fish-Cretolamna,Enchodus?,Neoselachian NJ0050
Oldman’s Creek Gloucester NJ In exposures along valley of the creek Cretaceous Marshalltown Worms-Serpula;Gastropods-Turritella,Gyrodes,Anchura,Lunatia,Pyropsis;Ammonites-Menuites,Placenticeras;Bivalves-Nucula,Cucullaea,Nemodon,Gryphaeostrea,Exogyra,Vulsella,Crassostrea,Agerostrea,Neithea,Trigonia,Veniella,Trachycardium,Crassatella,Umbonicardium NJ0051
Pitman Gloucester NJ at junction of Main and Broadway. Ceres/Mantua Park next of Pitman Golf Course in banks of Chestnut Branch Petrified Wood,shells NJ0052
Sewell Gloucester NJ Inversand Marl Pits in Cretaceous New Egypt Turtles-Peritresius;Mosasaurus NJ0053
Sewell Gloucester NJ Inversand marl quarry Cretaceous Hornerstown Edaphodon NJ0054
Sewell Gloucester NJ Inversand marl quarry Paleocene sponges NJ0055
Sewell Gloucester NJ Inversand pit Cretaceous Hornerstown vertebrates-Turtles-Peritresius NJ0056
Harrisonville Gloucester? NJ in Greensands Cretaceous fish-Ischyrhiza,Pristis NJ0057 There is a second Harrisonville in Salem Cy
North Bergen Hudson NJ At Granton quarry Triassic Stockton reptile bones:Hypuronector,Tanytrachelos;fish-Diplurus,Turseodus NJ0058
North Bergen Hudson NJ Granton Quarry In Triassic fresh water deposits Triassic Branchiopods,Cyzicus,Fish -Diplurus,Turseodus,Reptiles – Tanytrachelos,Icarosaurus NJ0059
Passaic Hudson NJ in back of incinerator at 555 Paulson Avenue Triassic Lockatong Hypsognathus? NJ0060
Weehawken Hudson NJ Branchiopods Cyzicus NJ0061
Frenchtown Hunterdon NJ On Creek Rd accessible from NJ12E East of NJ29 on W bank of Nishisackawick Creek Triassic Newark footprints,bivalves,ostracods,fish,plants NJ0062
Jutland Hunterdon NJ There are several outcrops in the area. One is at the Clinton,Block and Supply Co Quarry Ordovician graptolites-Isograptus,Didymograptus,Pseudotrigonograptus,Tetragraptus,Xiphograptus,Pseudisograptus,Cryptograptus,Climacograptus,Glyptograptus,Pseudoclimacograptus,Hallograptus,Dicellograptus,Nemagraptus?,Glossograptus NJ0063 http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/paleontology/pub/grd3_3/
Milford Hunterdon NJ At Clark blue stone quarry Triassic Brunswick footprints – Apatopus,Chirotherium,Grallator NJ0064
Stockton Hunterdon NJ In quarry E of NJ29 500m N of NJ519 Triassic Newark footprints-Grallator,reptile bones,scutes,phytosaur teeth NJ0065
Carnegie Lake Mercer NJ On W side of lake Triassic Stockton reptile footprints NJ0066
Princeton Mercer NJ In basement excavations at Princeton University Triassic Fish,Diplurus,Crustacea -Cyzicus{4} NJ0067
Princeton Mercer NJ On the campus of Princeton University,fish and crustacea have been found in basement excavations. Triassic-Jurassic Newark fish NJ0068
Princeton University Mercer NJ Firestone Library excavation Triassic Lockatong dinosaur teeth-Rutiodon;fish-Diplurus NJ0069
Sayreville Middlesex NJ Amber pit — digging not allowed in reclaimed area Cretaceous amber NJ0070
Sayreville Middlesex NJ In amber found in clay pits in Cretaceous Raritan insects in amber. NJ0071
Sayreville Middlesex NJ In clay at Sayre and Fisher’s banks Ambonicardia,Gnathodon NJ0072
Washington Middlesex NJ In ash colored clays in area quarries Astarte NJ0073
Woodbridge Middlesex NJ area clay banks Cretaceous Lower Corbicula NJ0074
– Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Red Bank Crocodile-Gavialis NJ0159
– Monmouth NJ In stream beds in Monmouth County,New Jersey in Monmouth Formation greensands. Poricy Brook,Hop Brook(Colts Neck),Holmdel Creek Cretaceous worm tubes,Ray Teeth – Brachyrhizodus — Chimeras — Ischyodus Fish Teeth -Enchodus,Stephanodus Arthropods Callianassa NJ0160
– Monmouth NJ Manasquan River Downstream of the Conrail RR bridge Miocene Kirkwood fossils in cliffside exposure NJ0161
– Monmouth NJ On Manasquan Creek at the Georgia Road Bridge Cretaceous Tinton Typical fossils NJ0162
Allentown Monmouth NJ Bryozoa Cliona NJ0075
Arneytown Monmouth NJ On Crosswicks Creek at mouth of Shingles Run. Upstream from Mt Holly-Freehold Rd at fishing access Eocene New Egypt|Hornerstown abundant brachiopods-Oleneothyris,Oysters-Pycnodonte,and few other taxa. Small invertebrates of various sorts in sands above the Cretaceous glauconite NJ0076
Arneytown Monmouth NJ on sandbars in Crosswicks Creek. Downstream from Mt Holly-Freehold Rd at fishing access Cretaceous New Egypt|Hornerstown small shark teeth NJ0077
Atlantic Highlands Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Navesink Sponges. NJ0078
Atlantic Highlands Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Navesink sponges. NJ0079
Atlantic Highlands Monmouth NJ Invertebrates Shark teeth,Scapanorhynchus etc in bluffs along Sandy Hook Bay Cretaceous shark teeth NJ0080
Atlantic Highlands Monmouth NJ a fairly long walk from nearest parking and largely overgrown. Accessible with permission from the marina. About 400m to cliffs Cretaceous Ammonites etc NJ0081
Beer’s Hill Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Tinton Invertebrates and crab claws in indurated rock NJ0082
Big Branch Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Navesink Turtles NJ0083 Big Brook?
Big Brook Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Navesink Fish teeth-Brachyrhizodus,Cretolamna,Enchodus,Hybodus,Ischyodus,Ischyrhiza,Megalocoelacanthus,Myledaphus,Paranomotodon,Plicatolamna,Scapanorhynchus,Sclerorhynchus,Squalicorax NJ0084
Big Brook Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Wenonah Fish-Enchodus NJ0085
Big Brook Monmouth NJ 1.6km N of Boundary Rd on S side of stream 40d19mN 74d13mW Cretaceous Wenonah Fish-Brachyrhizodus,Scapanorhynchus,Squalicorax NJ0087
Big Brook Monmouth NJ Marlboro and Colts Neck Townships Pleistocene shark teeth Squalicorax,Ischyrhiza,Coprolites,Pycnodont fish jaws plates – Anomaeodus,Dinosaur bones – Hadrosaurs,Pleistocene Beaver teeth -Castoroides. Sharks -Cretolamna,Scapanorhynchus,Squalicorax. Brachiopod Choristothyris. Belemnitella,Oyster NJ0088
Big Brook Monmouth NJ accessed from Boundary Rd exposures in creek banks and sandbanks Cretaceous Shark Teeth. Shells NJ0089
Big Brook Monmouth NJ accessed from Hillsdale Rd exposures in creek banks and sandbanks downstream Cretaceous Shark Teeth. Shells NJ0090
Big Brook Monmouth NJ accessed from the bridge on Monmouth Road in Marlboro Cretaceous Shark Teeth. Shells NJ0091
Big Brook (Marlboro Township) Monmouth NJ and Colts Neck as well Cretaceous shark teeth Squalicorax,Ischyrhiza,Coprolites,Pycnodont fish jaws plates – Anomaeodus,Dinosaur bones -Hadrosaurs,Pleistocene Beaver teeth – Castoroides. Sharks Cretolamna,Scapanorhynchus,Squalicorax. Brachiopod Choristothyris,Belemnitella,Oyster NJ0092
Big Brook(Marlboro Township) Monmouth NJ Pleistocene Megalonyx (sloth) NJ0086
Big Brook(Marlboro Township) Monmouth NJ Exposures of Cretaceous beds Cretaceous Wenonah|Navesink Fossils include shark + ray fauna,chimera,belemnites,crabs,shells. NJ0093
Cliffwood Monmouth NJ in area exposures in nodules ? NJ0094
Cliffwood Monmouth NJ in pit of Geldhaus[?] brick Co 2 km W of Cliffwood Point in nodules ? NJ0095
Cliffwood Monmouth NJ on Whale Creek 2.5 km from Cliffwood Point in pit of Cliffwood Brick Co in nodules Breviarca,Trigonarca,Nuculana,Yoldia,Cardium,Isocardia,Veleda,Corbula,Pyrifusus,Volutomorpha,Cyrodes[?],Scalaria,Turritella NJ0096 No citations for genus ‘Cyrodes’,,,
Cliffwood Beach Monmouth NJ Along sea cliffs (but it was reported in the 1970s that the state and property owners have graded and seawalled the cliffs to prevent erosion) Cretaceous fossils NJ0097
Cliffwood Beach Monmouth NJ Fossil ants in amber. ? NJ0098
Cliffwood Point Monmouth NJ on S side in concretions in cliffside clays Cretaceous Ostrea,Anomia,Amusium,Mytilus,Modiola,Pteria,Inoceramus,Nucula,Lucina,Cardium,Isocardia,Dosinia,Tellina,Veleda,Corbula,Pyropsis,Pyrifusus,Volutimorpha,Scarlaria,Turritella,Placenticeras,Baculites,Tetacarcinus{4} NJ0099
Colts Neck Monmouth NJ In town park in Big Brook — Sieving fossils allowed,no digging Cretaceous Shark Teeth,etc NJ0100
Colts Neck Monmouth NJ Willow Brook — Case Site 1 – Schatzel Property Cretaceous Mount Laurel Shark Teeth-Brachyrhizodus,Enchodus,Hybodus,Hypotodus,Ischyrhiza,Lonchidion,Odontapsis,Parabula,Plicatolamna,Protosphyraena,Ptychotrygon,Rhinobatus,Rhombodus,Squalicorax,Squatina,Stephanodus NJ0101
Cream Ridge Monmouth NJ Paleocene Hornerstown corals NJ0102
Cream Ridge Monmouth NJ Near jct of NJ537 NJ539 on Young property Cretaceous Hornerstown vertebrates-Turtle NJ0103
Farmingdale Monmouth NJ area excavations Eocene Manasquan greensand brachiopods,mollusks,gastropods{4) NJ0104
Freehold Monmouth NJ 9.6km NW Cretaceous Mount Laurel turtle bones NJ0105
Freehold Monmouth NJ in Greensands Cretaceous reptiles-Squamata,Mosasaurus NJ0106
Holmdel Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Navesink sponges Crustacea – Hoploparia,Protocallianassa,Pycnodont fish jaws plates – Anomaeodus NJ0107
Holmdel Monmouth NJ On Big Brook in area defined by US79, NJ520 and NJ4 (Vanderburg Road) Boundary Rd (NJ4A) transects area crossing Big Brook N of Vanderburg Rd (Note – a collector was buried by a landslide in the cliff here. Fortunately,he was with friends). Cretaceous Navesink Mosasaur fragments – Mosasaurus NJ0108
Holmdel Monmouth NJ On Ramanessin Brook upstream accessible from Holmdel Park Shark teeth NJ0109
Holmdel Monmouth NJ On Ramanessin Brook upstream accessible via a trail across from Holmdel High School at Middletown Road and Main St,Ramanessin Brook is the second bridge on the path Shark teeth NJ0110
Holmdel Monmouth NJ On Ramanessin Brook upstream from Roberts Rd — limited parking Cretaceous Mount Laurel ? NJ0111
Holmdel Monmouth NJ On Ramanessin Brook upstream from intersection of E. Main/ Newman Springs Rd and Middletown Rd Cretaceous? ? NJ0112
Holmdel Monmouth NJ Ramanessin Brook Cretaceous shark teeth – Scapanorhynchus,Squalicorax,Odontapsis,Brachyrhizodus,Cretolamna,Plicatolamna,Plesiosaur fragments – Cimoliasaurus NJ0113
Holmdel Monmouth NJ Tributary Brook fish mouth plates Cretaceous Parabula NJ0114
Holmdel Monmouth NJ in Hop Brook on Harding Farm Cretaceous Mount Laurel Shark Teeth-Cretolamna,Ischyrhiza,Plicatolamna,Ptychotrygon,Rhinobatus,Squalicorax NJ0115
Holmdel? Monmouth NJ On tributary accessible from soccer field near Boundary Road Cretaceous Typical fossils NJ0116
Hop Brook Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Navesink fish teeth-Hybodus,Ischyodus NJ0117
Hop Brook(Marlboro Township) Monmouth NJ Exposures of Cretaceous beds Cretaceous Wenonah|Navesink Fossils include shark + ray fauna,chimera,belemnites,crabs,shells. NJ0118
Hornerstown Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Navesink sponges – Cliona,mollusks – Crassatella,Cucullaea (Internal molds),mollusks – Gryphaea,Turritella NJ0119
Hornerstown Monmouth NJ Paleocene Hornerstown corals NJ0120
Hornerstown Monmouth NJ At Brewer’s ditch Cephalopods,Belemnitella NJ0121
Hornerstown Monmouth NJ At type locality – Hornerstown Pit Cretaceous Hornerstown vertebrates-turtle;Crocodile-Hyposaurus NJ0122
Hornerstown Monmouth NJ Cretaceous brachiopods in Crosswicks Creek Cretaceous Brachiopods – Choristothyris,mollusks – Cucullaea,Inoceramus,Exogyra,Dianchora,Ostrea,Pecten,Spondylus,Pycnodonte,Lunatia,Turritella Cephalopods -Belemnites NJ0123
Hornerstown Monmouth NJ in Greensands Cretaceous turtles-Osteopygis NJ0124
Hornerstown? Monmouth NJ in Greensands Cretaceous fish,Cretolamna,Diphrissa,Edaphodon,Ischyrhiza,Ischyodus,Isotaenia,Istiophorus,Lamna,Leptomylus,Sphagepoea NJ0125 May be from Birmingham,NJ
Howell Monmouth NJ Small (10 meters) streambank exposure in downtown Howell as well as gravel bars downstream Eocene Manasquan Shark teeth,coral-Flabellum,mollusks NJ0126
Malboro Monmouth NJ In sand pits Cretaceous Lower greensand Pecten(4) NJ0127
Manasquan River Monmouth NJ At Foreman’s Pit Eocene fish teeth-Sphyraena NJ0128
Manasquan River Monmouth NJ along the River between West Farms Rd and Preventorium Rd. Older outcrops to the West Eocene Vincentown|Manasquan miscellaneous fossils NJ0129
Marlboro Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Navesink Crustacea – Hoploparia NJ0130
Marlboro Monmouth NJ At Schenk Farm Cretaceous Navesink dinosaur bones NJ0131
Marlboro Monmouth NJ On South River Cretaceous Englishtown fossils NJ0132
Matawan Monmouth NJ E of Garden State Parkway along Poricy Brook from Middletown Rd to Shadow Lake Cretaceous shells NJ0133
Matawan Monmouth NJ N along W bank of Matawan Creek in Cretaceous Merchantville Belemnitella,Choristothyris,Exogyra NJ0134
Matawan Creek Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Matawan Ostrea,Gryphaea,Exogyra,Anomia,Camptonectes,Spondylus,Plicatula,Dianchora,Gervilliopsis,Inoceramus,Pinna,Arca,Nucula,Trigonia,Crassatella,Lucina,Cardium,Linearia,Panopaea.{4} NJ0135
Medford Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Navesink Turtles-Agomphus NJ0136
Middletown Monmouth NJ In Poricy Brook at base of hill on Middletown-Lincroft Road (Church Street) near Jr High Cretaceous Shark Teeth NJ0137
Middletown Mall Monmouth NJ On Rt-33 Cretaceous Navesink fish teeth-Hybodus NJ0138
Monmouth Beach Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Hornerstown vertebrates-Turtle NJ0139
Neptune Monmouth NJ Eocene Shark River fish teeth-Xenodolamia NJ0140
Neptune Monmouth NJ Shark River Park,in stream gravels at Shark River Park near Asbury Park Miocene Kirkwood Odontapsis NJ0141
Poricy Brook Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Mollusks Ostrea NJ0142
Poricy Brook Monmouth NJ at Poricy Brook Country Park Cretaceous Shark Teeth NJ0143
Ramanessin Brook Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Navesink Turtles NJ0144
Ramanessin Brook Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Wenonah Turtle fragments NJ0145
Ramanessin Brook(Marlboro Township) Monmouth NJ Exposures of Cretaceous beds Cretaceous Wenonah|Navesink Fossils include shark + ray fauna,chimera,belemnites,crabs,shells. NJ0146
Sea Girt Beach Monmouth NJ fossils NJ0147
Shark River Monmouth NJ Eocene shark teeth-Carcharodon,Scapanorhynchus NJ0148
Shark River Monmouth NJ In Stream gravels at Shark River County Park Miocene-Pliocene Marine vertebrate fossils — mostly shark teeth NJ0149 See www.njfossils.net
Shark River Monmouth NJ Shark teeth in river banks and spoil banks shark teeth NJ0150
Shark River Monmouth NJ West of Garden State Parkway on S side of river in a bank exposure reached via a sandy trail and access path beyond the first ravine Eocene-Miocene Shark River|Kirkwood Shark Teeth — some large NJ0151 Danger of bank collapse,solitary collecting said to be inadvisable
Shark River Valley Monmouth NJ Upper area in dark green sands Cretaceous Shark River Ostrea,Gryphaea,Pecten,Nucula,Axinea,Fusus,Fasciolaria,Caricella,Voluta,Nautilus,Astarte,Cardita,Protocardium,Veleda,Corbula,Pleurotoma,Conus,Xenophora,Mesalia.{4} NJ0152
Shrewsbury Monmouth NJ Eocene Ostrea{4} NJ0153
Tinton Falls Monmouth NJ In marl pit Cretaceous Hornerstown vertebrates-Turtles-Adocus,Agomphus,Taphrosphys;Crocodile-Goniopholis NJ0154
Tinton Falls Monmouth NJ NJ18N from Garden State Parkway Exit 105. Exit on Wayside Rd and proceed straight through lights onto Tinton Ave / NJ537. Cross Sycamore Ave/Water Street and park on Rt. near Colt’s Neck line Cretaceous Tinton Invertebrates and crab claws in indurated rock NJ0155
Upper Freehold Monmouth NJ Cretaceous Lower Diploschiza,Paranomia,Spondylus,Radula{4} NJ0156
Vincentown Monmouth NJ in Greensands Eocene fish-Carcharodon,Istiophorus,Lamna,Odontapsis,Scapanorhynchus NJ0157
Wall Township Monmouth NJ On tributary of Shark River just W of Garden State Parkway Turnpike Interchange 100. Park at Shark River County Park on Schoolhouse Rd Eocene-Miocene Shark River|Kirkwood Invertebrates,Shark teeth-Carcharhinus,Cretolamna,Striatolamna,Xiphodolamia,Acipenser,Isurus,Hemipristis,Galeocerdo,Negaprion,Myliobatis NJ0158
Boonton Morris NJ Jurassic Boonton fish-Semionotus NJ0163
Boonton Morris NJ Triassic Newark Fish fossils NJ0164
Boonton Morris NJ Many genera of fish as well as other vertebrates in area quarries. Much or all of this locality was flooded by a reservoir. Triassic-Jurassic Newark ? NJ0165
Boonton Morris NJ area exposures Triassic Newark well preserved fish – Protospondyli,Catopterus,Dictyopyge,Paleoniscoids,Diplurus,Ptycholepis{4} NJ0166
Boonton Reservoir Morris NJ In Triassic Sandstone above Hook Mt Basalt,fish Triassic Semionotus NJ0167
Green Pond Mountain Morris NJ Cambrian Lower Olenellus NJ0168
Greenwood Lake Morris NJ W side of lake Zaphrentis,Stropheodonta,Schizophoria,Amphigenia,Spirifer,Cyrtina,Pterinea,Chonetes,Orthothetes,Anoplotheca Amphigenia{4} NJ0169
Newfoundland Morris NJ 2 km S of Green Pond Mountain in shaley Limestone along road S of Newfoundland and in fields Silurian Decker Ferry Favosites,Monotrypa,Chonetes,Orthis,Rynchonella,Atrypa,Dalmanites{4} NJ0170
Newfoundland Morris NJ 3.5 km N in gray slaty shales Silurian Monroe Fenestella,Chonetes,Rhynchonella,Homalonotus,Tropidoleptus,Actinopteria,Orthothetes,Dalmanites,Phacops {4} NJ0171
Newfoundland Morris NJ 300 meters E of Chamberlin’s Hotel Fenestella,Chonetes,Rhynchonella,Homalonotus,Tropidoleptus,Actinopteria,Orthothetes,Dalmanites,Phacops {4} NJ0172
Newfoundland Morris NJ near Passaic County Line in Upper Longwood Quarry Monotrypa,Chonetes,Stropheodonta,Orthis,Rhynchonella,Atrypa{4} NJ0173
Oak Ridge Reservoir Morris NJ on dumps crinoid columnals,Chonetes,Spirifer,Grammysia,Palaeoneilo,Paracyclas,Bellerophon,Strophostylus{4} NJ0174
Petersburg Morris NJ N and SE Fenestella,Chonetes,Rhynchonella,Homalonotus,Tropidoleptus,Actinopteria,Orthothetes,Dalmanites,Phacops {4} NJ0175
Petersburg Morris NJ toward Upper Longwood Fenestella,Chonetes,Rhynchonella,Homalonotus,Tropidoleptus,Actinopteria,Orthothetes,Dalmanites,Phacops {4} NJ0176
Towaco Morris NJ Jurassic Towaco Sandstone dinosaur tracks – Anchisauripus,Grallator NJ0177
West Milford Morris NJ SW on prominent knoll W of road Fenestella,Chonetes,Rhynchonella,Homalonotus,Tropidoleptus,Actinopteria,Orthothetes,Dalmanites,Phacops {4} NJ0178
Crosswicks Creek Ocean NJ W bank in Cretaceous Navesink Marl Belemnitella,Exogyra,Inoceramus,Cucullaea,Lunatia NJ0179
New Egypt Ocean NJ Brachiopods Oleneothyris NJ0180
New Egypt Ocean NJ Eocene Hornerstown brachiopods: Oleneothyris NJ0181
New Egypt Ocean NJ fossils are reported from a small stream north of the New Egypt Railroad Station. Paleocene Brightseat? mollusks,echinoids and brachiopods NJ0182
Little Falls Passaic NJ W of junction of NJ23 and NJ46 along Horsehead Rd N of I80 dinosaur tracks NJ0183
Port Jervis Passaic NJ SE Along Clover Rd near junction with NJ23 Silurian Trilobites NJ0184 Strictly speaking,Port Jervis is in New York a few km of this locality
Salem Salem NJ in Marl Pits Miocene Kirkwood A few mollusks are reported NJ0185
Neshanic Station Somerset NJ 2km S Triassic Brunswick dinosaur-Stegomus NJ0186
Peapack Somerset NJ On left side of Willow Rd on path behind farm gate and up a dirt road in abandoned quarry Occasional trilobites in limestone NJ0187
Delaware Water Gap Sussex NJ At a water treatment plant — permission required. Might equally well be on the PA side Silurian Eurypterids NJ0188
Delaware Water Gap Sussex NJ Might equally well be on the PA side — within the National Recreation Area — no digging but surface collecting permitted Silurian Fossil fish to 15cm NJ0189
Delaware Water Gap Sussex NJ On old Dutch Mine Rd Devonian arthrodire plates and spines NJ0190
Flatbrookville Sussex NJ Devonian Coeymans fossils NJ0191
Flatbrookville Sussex NJ Silurian Decker Ferry Favosites,Monotrypa,etc Ostracods NJ0192
Hainesville Sussex NJ N Devonian Coeymans corals,brachiopods NJ0193
Hainesville Sussex NJ S in sandstones Silurian Decker Ferry Limestone Monotrypa,Orthoceras,Chonetes,Camarotoechia,Atrypa,Reticularia,Dalmanites NJ0194
Hardiston Sussex NJ In hard bluish calcareous-siliceous material through and S of Franklin Furnace Cambrian Lower abundant Olenellus{4} NJ0195
Montague Sussex NJ 11km N of Montague,W of Clove Rd. Along ‘Trilobite Ridge/Trilobite Mountain’– An E-W trending structure S of the Neversink River with several Devonian formations exposed Devonian Lower Oriskany Trilobites-Dalmanites,Bivalves-Actinopteria,Gastropods -Loxonema,Cephalopods- Michelinoceras,Brachiopods- Rensselaeria,Leptostrophia NJ0196 http://www.columbia.edu/dlc/nysmb/mb80/mb80c173/b80p173t.html
Montague Sussex NJ Reuben Hill Devonian Helderberg brachiopods — Rensselaeria,Platyceras NJ0197
Newton Sussex NJ Cambrian Upper Trilobites Pseudosalteria NJ0198
Newton Sussex NJ Cambrian Upper trilobites -Pseudosalteria NJ0199
Peter Valley Sussex NJ 2 km below in bluff Silurian Decker Ferry Stropheodonta,Camarotoechia,Rhynchonella,Whitfieldella,Phaenopora,Diphyphyllum,Zaphrentis,Orthothetes{4} NJ0200
Wallpack Ridge Sussex NJ Devonian Lower Helderberg fossils NJ0201
Wallpack Ridge Sussex NJ In Nearpass quarry and on farm to S Silurian Decker Ferry Zaphrentis,Monotrypa,Pholidops,Stropheodonta,Orthothetes,Dalmanella,Chonetes,Atrypa,Reticularia,pelecypods,Loxonema,Orthoceras,Favosites,Cyrtina,etc.{4} NJ0202
Wallpack Ridge Sussex NJ In quarry Devonian Manlius fossils{4} NJ0203
Wallpack Ridge Sussex NJ regional exposures fossils{4} NJ0204
Blairstown Warren NJ 0.8km North of Blairstown,NJ Cambrian Upper Trilobites NJ0205
Blairstown Warren NJ 2km ‘Up’ from Yards Creek Pumping Station on Old Mine Rd off Walnut Valley Rd. In road cut Silurian Shawangunk fish fragments NJ0206
Blairstown Warren NJ 2km W along cliffs on West bank of Jacksonburg Creek crinoid segments,horn corals,Stereolasma,trilobites=Proetus-others NJ0207
Blairstown Warren NJ At picnic area at Yards Creek Pumping Station off Walnut Valley Rd in construction rubble Silurian? Martinsburg? Eurypterids NJ0208
Columbia Warren NJ Ordovician Lower Kittatinny Limestone brachiopods,Trilobites (Olenellus) NJ0209
North Blairstown Warren NJ 1 km N Cambrian Upper Trilobites Plethopeltis NJ0210
– [?] NJ Triassic Passaic Reptile – Stegomus fragments NJ0214
– [?] NJ Along Atlantic shoreline petrified wood NJ0215
– [?] NJ From Raritan Bay to Potomac River in belt 10-20 km W Cretaceous Matawan Ostrea,Gryphaea,Exogyra,Anomia,Camptonectes,Spondylus,Plicatula,Dianchora,Gervilliopsis,Inoceramus,Pinna,Arca,Nucula,Trigonia,Crassatella,Lucina,Cardium,Linearia,Panopaea.{4} NJ0216
– [?] NJ On NJ23 in 10m high road cut in folded rocks near Jct with NJ513 Silurian-Devonian Green Pond Possibly fossils NJ0218
– [?] NJ On Shingles Run,a small branch of Crosswicks Creek Paleocene Vincentown broad microfauna — forams,bryozoa,shark teeth NJ0219
– [?] NJ Outcrops to E of Monmouth Formation from Raritan Bay to Severn River Valley in MD Cretaceous Upper Rancocas Lingulina,Pentacrinus,Goniaster,Cidaris,Salenia,Pseudodiadema,Coptosoma,Terebratula,Gryphaea,Flabellina,Polymorphina,Trematopygus,Catopygus,Hemiaster,Teredo,Nautilus,Ammonites NJ0220
– [?] NJ Per the January 97 Scientific American,the Amber site in New Jersey was found by Jerry Case and is in the dry bed of a large river about 90 minutes (i.e. 100-150 km?) from New York City. Lignite is found in the bed of the river and also in the banks. Cretaceous Potomac Group Lignite,Amber NJ0221
– [?] NJ in a narrow belt E of the Matawan Formation from Raritan Bay to Patuxent River. very fossiliferous shellbeds Cretaceous Upper Monmouth Nautilus,Baculites,Belemnitella,Ostrea,Gryphaea,Exogyra,Anomia,Camptonectes,Neithea,Spondylus,Plicatula,Radula,Lithodomus,Trigonarca,Cibota,Idonearca,Axinea,Trigonia,Crassatella,Dioceras[?],Cardium,Veniella,Callista,Turritella,etc. NJ0222 No citations for ‘Dioceras’ 050607. Might be a misspelling of ‘Didymoceras’ which has been reported from the New Jersey Cretaceous
Highland [?] NJ New Jersey – In the cliffs along Raritan Bay between Highland and Cliffwood there are outcrops of Cretaceous marine formations. Reported to be closed off with seawalls to prevent erosion Cretaceous ? NJ0211 There does not seem to be a town of Highland. Possibly Atlantic Highlands or Highland Park
Squankums[?] [?] NJ in Greensands Eocene fish-Aetobatis,Carcharodon,Galeocerdo,Hemipristis,Lamna,Myliobatis,Odontapsis,Pristis,Scapanorhynchus NJ0212 Can’t locate a Squankums,NJ
Watertown[?] [?] NJ Cephalopods-Onococeras NJ0213 There does not seem to be a Watertown in NJ
[?] [?] NJ In 1990 or so,well preserved Cretaceous insect fossils were reported from amber in an unspecified location in New Jersey. Reported to be at the end of White Oak Road at a depth of a meter or more below the ground surface Cretaceous Potomac Group Potomac NJ0217