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Woodbury Formation
Geological formation in New Jersey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Woodbury Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in New Jersey, United States. It primarily consists of massive dark gray clays and silts with carbonized wood fragments and pyrite, deposited in a marine setting.
The remains of the dinosaur Hadrosaurus have been recovered from this formation.[1]
Using radio isotope dating of bivalve shells, the formation has been dated to between 80.5 and 78.5 million years ago.[2] However, a more accurate date make range from 83.6 to around 77.9 MYA.[3]
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