page_title: New Jersey amber
hierarchical_section_title: New Jersey amber
caption_attribution_description: English: Brownimecia clavata holotype, lateral view, Fossil in New jersey amber, specimen number AMNH-NJ667
context_page_description: New Jersey Amber, sometimes called Raritan amber, is amber found in the Raritan and Magothy Formations of the Central Atlantic coast of the United States. The amber is dated to be of Late Cretaceous, Turonian age, based on pollen analysis of the host formations. The amber has been known since the nineteenth century, with several of the old clay-pit sites now producing many amber specimens for study. A number of organism fossils have been described from inclusions in the amber, including fungi, plants, tardigrades, insects, and feathers. The first identified Cretaceous age ant was described from a fossil found in New Jersey in 1966.
context_section_description: New Jersey Amber, sometimes called Raritan amber, is amber found in the Raritan and Magothy Formations of the Central Atlantic (Eastern) coast of the United States.  The amber is dated to be of Late Cretaceous, Turonian age, based on pollen analysis of the host formations. The amber has been known since the nineteenth century, with several of the old clay-pit sites now producing many amber specimens for study. A number of organism fossils have been described from inclusions in the amber, including fungi, plants, tardigrades, insects, and feathers.  The first identified Cretaceous age ant was described from a fossil found in New Jersey in 1966.
caption: Brownimecia clavata holotype, lateral view, fossil in New jersey amber, specimen number AMNH-NJ667
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