page_title: List of the prehistoric life of New Jersey
section_title: Selected Mesozoic taxa of New Jersey
hierarchical_section_title: List of the prehistoric life of New Jersey / Mesozoic / Selected Mesozoic taxa of New Jersey
caption_attribution_description: English: Profile view of Sphecomyrma freyi worker specimen AMNH-NJ943B. New Jersey Amber, Turonian (90 MYA), New Jersey, USA
context_page_description: This list of the prehistoric life of New Jersey contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of New Jersey.
context_section_description: Acipenser
  Acteon
  †Adocus – type locality for genus
   †Adocus beatus – type locality for species
  †Aenona
  †Agerostrea
  †Allognathosuchus – or unidentified related form
  Amauropsis
  Amia
  †Amyda
  †Anatalavis
  †Anatalavis rex – type locality for species
  †Anchisauripus
  †Anchisauripus tuberosus
  †Ankylosaurus
  †Anomia
  †Anomoeodus
   †Anomoepus
  †Apatopus
  †Arambourgiania – or unidentified comparable form
  Arca
  †Argoides
  Astarte
  Astrangia
  Atractosteus
  †Atreipus
  Attagenus
  †Avellana
  †Axonoceras
  †Baculites
  †Baculites haresi
  †Baculites ovatus
  †Baculites scotti – tentative report
  †Baikuris
  †Baikuris casei – type locality for species
  Barbatia
  †Belemnitella
  †Belemnitella americana
  Bernaya
  †Bottosaurus
  †Bottosaurus harlani – type locality for species
  Botula
  †Botula ripleyana
  Brachaelurus
  †Brachychampsa – or unidentified comparable form
  †Brontozoum
   †Brownimecia – type locality for genus
  †Brownimecia clavata – type locality for species
  Caestocorbula
  †Caestocorbula crassaplica
  †Caestocorbula crassiplica
  †Caestocorbula percompressa
  Callianassa
  †Callianassa mortoni
  †Calliomphalus
  †Calliomphalus americanus
  Cardita
  †Catopygus
  †Ceratodus
  Cerithium
  Cheilotrichia
  †Chelone
  Chiloscyllium
  †Chirotherium
  †Chirotherium lulli – type locality for species
  Chlamys
  †Cimoliasaurus
   †Cimolomys – or unidentified comparable form
  †Cimolomys clarki
  †Cirroceras
  Clavagella
  †Clidastes
  Cliona
  †Coelosaurus
  †Coelosaurus antiquus – type locality for species
  †Coelurosaurichnus
  Corbula
  †Corsochelys
  Crassostrea
  †Crenella
  †Crenella elegantula
  †Crenella serica
  †Cretolamna
  †Cretolamna appendiculata
   †Cretoxyrhina
  †Cretoxyrhina mantelli
  †Crocodilus
  Cucullaea
  †Cucullaea capax
  †Cucullaea littlei
  Culicoides
  Cuspidaria
  †Cuspidaria jerseyensis
  †Cylindracanthus
  †Cymella
  Cyzicus – or unidentified comparable form
  Dasyatis
   †Deinosuchus
  †Deinosuchus rugosus
  †Dentalium
  †Dentalium leve
  †Didelphodon – or unidentified comparable form
  †Didymoceras
  †Diplocynodon
  †Diplurus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Discoscaphites
  †Discoscaphites conradi
  †Discoscaphites gulosus
  †Dolicholatirus
  Dosinia
   †Dryptosaurus – type locality for genus
  †Dryptosaurus aquilunguis – type locality for species
  Edaphodon
  †Edaphodon mirificus
  †Edmontosaurus
  †Elasmosaurus
  †Elasmosaurus orientalis – type locality for species
  †Enchodus
  †Enchodus gladiolus
  †Epitonium
  †Epitonium sillimani
  †Euspira
  †Eutrephoceras
   †Exogyra
  †Exogyra cancellata
  †Exogyra costata
  †Exogyra ponderosa
  Fasciolaria
  † Gegania
  †Gervillia
  Ginglymostoma
  Glossus
  Glycimeris
  Glycymeris
  †Glycymeris rotundata
  †Gonyaulax
  †Graculavus – type locality for genus
  †Grallator
  †Grimaldiella – type locality for genus
  †Gryphaea
   †Hadrosaurus – type locality for genus
  †Hadrosaurus cavatus – type locality for species
  †Hadrosaurus foulkii – type locality for species
  †Hadrosaurus minor – type locality for species
  †Halisaurus
  †Halisaurus platyspondylus
  †Hamulus
  Hemiscyllium
  Heterodontus
  †Hoploparia
  †Hoploscaphites
  †Hybodus
  †Hyposaurus
  †Hyposaurus rogersii – type locality for species
  †Hypsibema
  †Hypsibema crassicauda
   †Hypsognathus – type locality for genus
  †Hypsognathus fenneri – type locality for species
  †Hypuronector – type locality for genus
  †Hypuronector limnaios – type locality for species
  †Icarosaurus – type locality for genus
  †Icarosaurus siefkeri – type locality for species
  †Inoceramus
  †Inoceramus proximus
  †Ischyodus
  †Ischyodus bifurcatus
  †Ischyrhiza
  †Ischyrhiza mira
  †Jeletzkytes
  †Jeletzkytes nodosus – or unidentified comparable form
  †Jerseyempheria – type locality for genus
  †Kouphichnium
  †Laornis – type locality for genus
  †Laornis edvardsianus – type locality for species
   †Leidyosuchus
  Leptoconops
  Lima
  Limatula
  † Limonia
  †Linearis
  Linuparus
  †Liodon
  †Lissodus
  Lithophaga
  Lopha
  †Lopha falcata
  †Lopha mesenterica
   Lunatia
  Martesia
  †Megalocoelacanthus
  †Megalocoelacanthus dobiei
  †Menuites
  †Metoicoceras
  †Milnesium
  †Modiolus
  †Modiolus sedesclaris
  †Modiolus sedesclarus
  †Morea
   †Mosasaurus
  †Mosasaurus conodon – type locality for species
  †Mytilus – tentative report
  †Neithea
  †Neithea quinquecostata
  †Nostoceras
  Nucula
  †Nucula camia
  †Nucula cuneifrons
  †Nucula percrassa
  †Odaxosaurus – or unide
caption: Amber-entombed specimen of the Late Cretaceous ant Sphecomyrma
exif: {"Image DocumentName": "amnh-nj943b", "Image Software": "EXIFutils V3.1.4", "Image DateTime": "2015:02:13 02:17:49", "Image Artist": "David Grimaldi/AMNH - Vincent Perrichot", "Image Copyright": "California Academy of Sciences&#44; 2002-2012", "Image ExifOffset": "220", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221"}