Charletta, Anthony C.; Boyer, Paul S. (1974). Scolecodonts from Cretaceous greensand of the New Jersey coastal plain. Micropaleontology. 20(3): 354-366.

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Charletta, Anthony C.; Boyer, Paul S.

1974

20(3): 354-366

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http://www.jstor.org/stable/1484941

World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD)

One new scolecodont genus and eight new species were found in the Upper Cretaceous Marshalltown Formation, in the coastal plain of southern New Jersey. One of the new species is referred to the living genus Glycera, which has not previously been reported from the fossil record. The occurrence of the genera Drilonereisites and Rhamphegenys extends their time ranges into the Cretaceous. This find raises the hope that additional annelid remains, previously overlooked, may yet be discovered in coastal plain beds. The close similarity of these New Jersey scolecodonts to others of almost the same age from Germany suggests that certain worm jaws may yet prove of value as guide fossils.

America, North

Paleontology, Fossils, Paleobiology
Systematics, Taxonomy

Annelida
Polychaeta

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