Merchantville Formation

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]

Merchantville Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, late Santonian to early Campanian
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Woodbury Formation
Overlies	Cheesequake Formation and Magothy Formation[citation needed]
Location
Region	North America
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Merchantville, New Jersey

Vertebrate fauna

• Tyrannosauroidea (Dryptosauridae) indet. (="Cryptotyrannus")^[3][4]
• Hadrosauridae indet. (="Atlantohadros")^[5][4]
• Hadrosaurus foulkii^[2]
• Bothremys cooki^[5]
• Mosasaurus sp.^[5]
• Ornithomimidae indet.^[6]
• Pteranodon sp?

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• Paleontology portal
• Dinosaurs portal

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations