Stratigraphic range: Norian-early Rhaetian, 221.5–205.6 Ma
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Type
Geological formation
Unit of
Newark Supergroup
Sub-units
Walls Island Member (in part), Tumble Falls Member, Smith Corner Member, Prahls Island Member, Tohickon Member, Skunk Hollow Member, Byram Member, Ewing Creek Member, Nursery Member, Princeton Member, Scudders Falls Member, Wilburtha Member
Underlies
Passaic Formation
Overlies
Stockton Formation
Lithology
Primary
Mudstone
Other
Sandstone, conglomerate
Location
Region
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York
Country
United States
Type section
Named for
Lockatong Creek
The Triassic Lockatong Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. It is named after the Lockatong Creek in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
^Kent, Dennis V.; Olsen, Paul E.; Muttoni, Giovanni (2017-03-01). "Astrochronostratigraphic polarity time scale (APTS) for the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic from continental sediments and correlation with standard marine stages". Earth-Science Reviews. 166: 153–180. Bibcode:2017ESRv..166..153K. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.12.014. hdl:2434/491902. ISSN 0012-8252.
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The Triassic LockatongFormation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. It is named after the Lockatong Creek in Hunterdon...
Lockatong may refer to: Lockatong Creek, a New Jersey tributary of the Delaware River LockatongFormation, a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, New...
Formation) Leedstown Formation (equivalent to the Passaic Formation) Port Royal Formation (equivalent to the LockatongFormation) Newfound Formation (equivalent...
is a genus of extinct drepanosaur reptile from the Late Triassic LockatongFormation of New Jersey. The etymology of the name translates as "deep-tailed...
sediments were deposited in arid conditions. The Passaic Formation overlies the LockatongFormation deep lake sediment cycles, which were deposited during...
spread across an even plain. Interfingered with the Stockton, the LockatongFormation are lake sediments, which grew during wetter climatic cycles during...
Stockton and Lockatongformations of the Newark Basin in the northeastern United States. Some authors even reduce the Cumnock Formation to a member of...
the Newark Supergroup. They include the Passaic Formation, the LockatongFormation, the Stockton Formation, and the igneous rocks basalt and diabase. In...
Tanytrachelos remains have also been found in the Chinle Formation of Arizona and the LockatongFormation of New Jersey. Olsen, Paul E. (1979). "A new aquatic...
Icarosaurus is known from a single specimen from the Carnian-aged LockatongFormation of New Jersey. The Late Triassic (Norian stage) kuehneosaurids from...
extension of the LockatongFormation for a short distance, back into the Brunswick, then again to the Lockatong. The LockatongFormation was deposited during...
Triassic LockatongFormation in Arcola, Gratersford, and Gwynnedd. Grallator tracks have been discovered in the Late Triassic Passaic Formation in Schwenksville...
the East Berlin Formation of the adjacent Hartford Basin (Getty 2016), the LockatongFormation of Pennsylvania, and the Moenave Formation of the Zuni sag...
between and above the three ridges form the Feltville, Towaco, and Boonton formations. Elsewhere in the Newark Basin, smaller synclines preserve the Watchung...
portion of it was intruded into the sandstones and arkoses of the Stockton Formation within the Newark Basin, one of the Eastern North America Rift Basins...
from units such as the Bull Run Formation (Norian, Virginia), LockatongFormation (Norian, Pennsylvania), Stockton Formation (Norian, New Jersey), Solite...
P.E. (2001-06-22). "A New and Unusual Aquatic Reptile from the LockatongFormation of New Jersey (Late Triassic, Newark Supergroup)". American Museum...
which the same formation is exposed. Such sites may have separate entries if they are considered to be more notable than the formation as a whole. In...
early-mid LockatongFormation (Nursery Member) up to the early Passaic Formation (Warford Member), 221.47 Ma to 216.97 Ma. If the Cow Branch Formation is equivalent...
The Feltville Formation is a mapped bedrock unit primarily in New Jersey, with one known outlier in Pennsylvania and another one in New York. It is named...
Park. The high point, a 203-foot (62 m) graffiti-covered inselberg rock formation, is a familiar landmark to travelers on the New Jersey Turnpike's Eastern...
Bergen, New Jersey. This skull, recovered from grey argillite of the LockatongFormation, was described by Colbert in 1965. He identified the skull as a probable...
Doswell Formation (also known as the Doswell Group) is a geologic unit of Upper Triassic age, part of the Newark Supergroup. The Doswell Formation was originally...
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