245:
296:
229:
310:
475:
324:
40:
244:
220:
clays all occur in deposits of this age. The variegated clays are well exposed in the steep bluff at Worton Point (see photo below). The delicate pinkish tints which they present at many places have given rise to the local name "peach-blossom
228:
342:
573:
519:
548:
553:
512:
538:
505:
543:
558:
337:
369:
By Edward W. Berry of the Johns
Hopkins University. Geological Survey of New Jersey. MacCrellish & Quigley, Printers, Trenton, NJ. 1911.
578:
568:
451:
267:
remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific
251:
73:
Raritan Fire Clay, Farrington Sand Member, Woodbridge Clay Member, Sayreville Sand Member, South Amboy Fire Clay Member
485:
44:
Outcrop of the
Raritan Formation near Rocky Point above Round Bay, Severn River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
563:
401:
381:, Folios of the Geologic Atlas 204, by B. L. Miller, E. B. Mathews, A. B. Bibbins, and H. P. Little, 1917.
301:
235:
151:
315:
173:
201:
95:
447:
423:
213:
91:
81:
489:
413:
366:
329:
281:
273:
169:
114:
53:
212:, in places containing leaf impressions; light-colored argillaceous sands and sandy clays (
177:
532:
63:
27:
482:
402:"The biogeography and ecology of the Cretaceous non-avian dinosaurs of Appalachia"
441:
280:
Many plant fossils have been recovered from the
Raritan. The formation hosts the
217:
141:
39:
204:, except that, in general, the clays are not so highly colored. White and buff
291:
234:
Vertically jointed clay of
Raritan Formation in wave-cut cliff, Worton Point,
165:
110:
427:
378:
200:
The formation consists of diverse materials similar to those composing the
264:
118:
31:
474:
268:
254:
are composed of lithified sands of the
Raritan Formation (c. 1917)
418:
16:
Mesozoic geologic formation containing dinosaur fossils and amber
390:
Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
209:
205:
189:
440:
Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004),
343:
List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
446:, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880,
493:
574:
Northeastern United States geologic formation stubs
147:
137:
132:
124:
106:
101:
87:
77:
69:
59:
49:
21:
513:
216:); and white, yellow, drab, bluish-drab, and
8:
362:
360:
208:; stratified light chocolate-colored sandy
520:
506:
38:
18:
417:
549:Upper Cretaceous Series of North America
338:List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
554:Geologic formations of New York (state)
356:
224:
250:The White Rocks off of Rock Point in
7:
471:
469:
400:Brownstein, Chase D. (2018-02-08).
492:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
367:The Flora of the Raritan Formation
188:The formation is described in the
14:
539:Geologic formations of New Jersey
544:Cretaceous geology of New Jersey
473:
322:
308:
294:
243:
227:
559:Geologic formations of Maryland
481:This article about a specific
271:. A tyrannosauroid similar to
1:
277:is known from the formation.
443:The Dinosauria, 2nd edition
595:
579:New Jersey geography stubs
569:Paleontology in New Jersey
468:
406:Palaeontologia Electronica
379:Tolchester folio, Maryland
194:Tolchester folio, Maryland
37:
26:
178:Atlantic Coastal Plain
302:Earth sciences portal
152:William Bullock Clark
488:in New Jersey is a
316:Paleontology portal
252:Anne Arundel County
196:(1917) as follows:
28:Stratigraphic range
202:Patapsco formation
96:Patapsco Formation
501:
500:
162:Raritan Formation
158:
157:
92:Newark Supergroup
82:Magothy Formation
22:Raritan Formation
586:
522:
515:
508:
477:
470:
462:
461:
460:
432:
431:
421:
397:
391:
388:
382:
376:
370:
364:
332:
330:Dinosaurs portal
327:
326:
325:
318:
313:
312:
311:
304:
299:
298:
297:
282:New Jersey Amber
274:Appalachiosaurus
247:
231:
42:
19:
594:
593:
589:
588:
587:
585:
584:
583:
529:
528:
527:
526:
466:
458:
456:
454:
439:
436:
435:
399:
398:
394:
389:
385:
377:
373:
365:
358:
353:
328:
323:
321:
314:
309:
307:
300:
295:
293:
290:
262:
255:
248:
239:
232:
186:
45:
17:
12:
11:
5:
592:
590:
582:
581:
576:
571:
566:
564:Turonian Stage
561:
556:
551:
546:
541:
531:
530:
525:
524:
517:
510:
502:
499:
498:
478:
464:
463:
452:
434:
433:
392:
383:
371:
355:
354:
352:
349:
348:
347:
346:
345:
334:
333:
319:
305:
289:
286:
261:
258:
257:
256:
249:
242:
240:
233:
226:
223:
222:
214:Fuller's earth
185:
182:
156:
155:
149:
145:
144:
139:
135:
134:
130:
129:
126:
122:
121:
108:
104:
103:
99:
98:
89:
85:
84:
79:
75:
74:
71:
67:
66:
61:
57:
56:
51:
47:
46:
43:
35:
34:
24:
23:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
591:
580:
577:
575:
572:
570:
567:
565:
562:
560:
557:
555:
552:
550:
547:
545:
542:
540:
537:
536:
534:
523:
518:
516:
511:
509:
504:
503:
497:
495:
491:
487:
484:
483:stratigraphic
479:
476:
472:
467:
455:
453:0-520-24209-2
449:
445:
444:
438:
437:
429:
425:
420:
415:
411:
407:
403:
396:
393:
387:
384:
380:
375:
372:
368:
363:
361:
357:
350:
344:
341:
340:
339:
336:
335:
331:
320:
317:
306:
303:
292:
287:
285:
283:
278:
276:
275:
270:
266:
259:
253:
246:
241:
237:
230:
225:
219:
215:
211:
207:
203:
199:
198:
197:
195:
191:
183:
181:
179:
175:
171:
167:
163:
153:
150:
146:
143:
140:
136:
131:
127:
123:
120:
116:
112:
109:
105:
100:
97:
93:
90:
86:
83:
80:
76:
72:
68:
65:
64:Potomac Group
62:
58:
55:
52:
48:
41:
36:
33:
29:
25:
20:
494:expanding it
480:
465:
457:, retrieved
442:
419:10.26879/801
409:
405:
395:
386:
374:
279:
272:
263:
193:
192:publication
187:
161:
159:
133:Type section
412:(1): 1–56.
236:Kent County
170:sedimentary
168:(Turonian)
142:Raritan Bay
54:Sedimentary
533:Categories
459:2019-02-21
351:References
284:deposits.
218:variegated
166:Cretaceous
111:New Jersey
486:formation
428:1094-8074
238:(c. 1917)
174:formation
172:geologic
138:Named for
78:Underlies
70:Sub-units
288:See also
265:Dinosaur
184:Overview
148:Named by
119:Maryland
115:New York
102:Location
88:Overlies
32:Turonian
260:Fossils
221:clays."
176:of the
125:Country
60:Unit of
450:
426:
154:(1893)
107:Region
269:genus
210:clays
206:sands
164:is a
490:stub
448:ISBN
424:ISSN
190:USGS
160:The
50:Type
414:doi
128:USA
535::
422:.
410:21
408:.
404:.
359:^
180:.
117:,
113:,
94:,
30::
521:e
514:t
507:v
496:.
430:.
416::
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
