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Raritan Formation
Stratigraphic range: Turonian
Outcrop of the Raritan Formation near Rocky Point above Round Bay, Severn River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
TypeSedimentary
Unit ofPotomac Group
Sub-unitsRaritan Fire Clay, Farrington Sand Member, Woodbridge Clay Member, Sayreville Sand Member, South Amboy Fire Clay Member
UnderliesMagothy Formation
OverliesNewark Supergroup, Patapsco Formation
Location
RegionNew Jersey, New York, Maryland
CountryUSA
Type section
Named forRaritan Bay
Named byWilliam Bullock Clark (1893)[1]

The Raritan Formation is a Cretaceous (Turonian) sedimentary geologic formation of the Atlantic Coastal Plain.

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Raritan Formation

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The Raritan Formation is a Cretaceous (Turonian) sedimentary geologic formation of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The formation is described in the USGS publication...

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Raritan Bay

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Raritan Bay is a bay located at the southern portion of Lower New York Bay between the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey and is part of the New York...

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Raritan

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Raritan people, a group of Lenape Indians Raritan (journal), a journal of Rutgers University Raritan Formation, a Mesozoic geologic formation Raritan...

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New Jersey amber

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New Jersey Amber, sometimes called Raritan amber, is amber found in the Raritan and Magothy Formations of the Central Atlantic (Eastern) coast of the...

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Magothy Formation

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The Magothy Formation is a geologic formation in Maryland. It preserves fossils dating back to the Turonian stage of the Cretaceous period. List of fossiliferous...

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Patapsco Formation

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The Patapsco Formation is a geologic formation of varigated clays, sandy clays, and sand in Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania...

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New Jersey

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Formation Triassic Newark Group/Passaic Formation Triassic Newark Group/Stockton Formation Triassic Passaic Formation Triassic Potomac Group/Raritan Group/Magothy...

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Potomac Group

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of a new genus of Sauropoda and other new dinosaurs from the Potomac Formation. American Journal of Science 135:89-94. Clark, W.B., (1897), Outline of...

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Archaeomarasmius

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The specimen was found above the South Amboy Fire Clay, part of the Raritan Formation, suggesting that it is Turonian in age (Upper Cretaceous, about 90...

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Planera

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Mull, Scotland) †Planera knowltoniana Newberry, 1896 (Cenomanian; Raritan Formation, Virginia) †Planera mullensis Simpson, 1961 ("Cenozoic"; Isle of Mull...

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Allenbya collinsonae

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possibly includes the Turonian (Cretaceous) genus Microvictoria from the Raritan Formation in New Jersey, though that placement has been questioned. Allenbya...

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Brownimecia

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recovered from deposits of the South Amboy Fire Clay, part of the Raritan Formation. New Jersey amber has been dated to approximately 90 to 94 mya, placing...

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Iteaceae

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have been found in the Raritan Formation, New Jersey and from leaves dating to the Eocene found in the Klondike Mountain Formation, Washington. Some seeds...

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List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

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"Pictured Cliffs Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 580. "Point Lookout Sandstone." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 580. "Raritan Formation." Weishampel...

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1923 in paleontology

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Rose Formation  US  Texas A cheirolepidiaceous wood morphospecies Brachyoxylon raritanense Sp nov Torrey Cretaceous Turonian Raritan Formation  US  New...

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Oratory of Saint Philip Neri

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N.J. until 2018. The Oratory relocated to Raritan, N.J. at the request of Bishop James Checchio. The Raritan Oratory of St. Philip Neri serves five apostolates...

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2016 in paleobotany

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Athrotaxites (Athrotaxoideae, Cupressaceae) from the Upper Cretaceous Raritan Formation, New Jersey, USA". Botany. 94 (9): 831–845. doi:10.1139/cjb-2016-0061...

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List of Prunus species

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description.[citation needed] P.? acutifolia Newberry, 1896 (Turonian, Raritan Formation, USA) P. aegaea Unger, 1867 (Early Miocene, Europe-Greenland) P. allenbyensis...

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Paleontology in New Jersey

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bank. This specimen was likely a Late Cretaceous fossil from the Raritan Formation and was donated to Princeton University by Charles C. Abbot. Another...

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Baikuris

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recovered from deposits of the South Amboy Fire Clay, part of the Raritan Formation. New Jersey amber has been dated to approximately 90 to 94 mya, placing...

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2018 in paleobotany

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of the American Southwest, based on palynological data from the Chinle Formation, and indicative of a floral turnover occurring in the middle Norian, is...

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2017 in paleoentomology

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Abdulaziz S. Alqarni (2017). "A new genus of protorhyssaline wasps in Raritan amber (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)". ZooKeys (711): 103–111. doi:10.3897/zookeys...

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Matawan Creek

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Matawan Creek is a creek and partially a tidal inlet of Raritan Bay. It lies in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, across from Staten Island...

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2016 in paleoentomology

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within them are described from the Oligocene Songwe Member of the Nsungwe Formation in the Rukwa Rift Basin (Tanzania) by Roberts et al. (2016). Chrysopoid...

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Ornithotarsus

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and fibula as well as ankle bones unearthed from the Merchantville Formation of Raritan Bay of New Jersey. Although subsequently treated as a synonym of...

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Hackensack Meridian Health

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2014 Meridian Health signed a letter of intent with administrators from Raritan Bay Medical Center (RBMC) to explore options for a merger. At that time...

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Area codes 309 and 861

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