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Weller, Stuart. (1907). A report on the Cretaceous paleontology of New Jersey. Based upon the stratigraphic studies of George N. Knapp. Geological Survey of New Jersey, Paleontology Series. 4: i-ix, 1-872 [TEXT] + 873-1108 [PLATES; 111 pls.].
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Weller, Stuart
1907
A report on the Cretaceous paleontology of New Jersey. Based upon the stratigraphic studies of George N. Knapp.
Geological Survey of New Jersey, Paleontology Series.
4: i-ix, 1-872 [TEXT] + 873-1108 [PLATES; 111 pls.]
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[Preface begins:]
The invertebrate Cretaceous fossils of New Jersey were among the first fossils of any kind in America to attract the attention of students. As early as 1834 Morton's "Synopsis of the Organic Remains of the Cretaceous Group of the United States" was published in its final form, a large portion of the material he studied having been collected in New Jersey. Even earlier than this the same author had published several preliminary papers. During the period between 1850 and 1876 these New Jersey fossils were diligently studied and many new species described by both Conrad and Gabb, two of the eminent American paleontologists of that period, and a few forms were described by Lea. The collections made and studied by these earlier investigators were for the most part preserved in the museum of the Philadelphia Academy of Science, where they still remain. Unfortunately, in those earlier days, the importance of preserving exactly the localities and geologic horizons of fossils was not appreciated as it is today, and most of the specimens in these early collections are recorded simply from the Cretaceous of New. Jersey.
The invertebrate Cretaceous fossils of New Jersey were among the first fossils of any kind in America to attract the attention of students. As early as 1834 Morton's "Synopsis of the Organic Remains of the Cretaceous Group of the United States" was published in its final form, a large portion of the material he studied having been collected in New Jersey. Even earlier than this the same author had published several preliminary papers. During the period between 1850 and 1876 these New Jersey fossils were diligently studied and many new species described by both Conrad and Gabb, two of the eminent American paleontologists of that period, and a few forms were described by Lea. The collections made and studied by these earlier investigators were for the most part preserved in the museum of the Philadelphia Academy of Science, where they still remain. Unfortunately, in those earlier days, the importance of preserving exactly the localities and geologic horizons of fossils was not appreciated as it is today, and most of the specimens in these early collections are recorded simply from the Cretaceous of New. Jersey.
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Caprotina jerseyensis Weller, 1907 † (original description)
Pecten whitfieldi Weller, 1907 † (original description)
Trigonia kuemmeli Weller, 1907 † accepted as Gabbigonia kuemmeli (Weller, 1907) † (original description)
Pecten whitfieldi Weller, 1907 † (original description)
Trigonia kuemmeli Weller, 1907 † accepted as Gabbigonia kuemmeli (Weller, 1907) † (original description)
New Jersey for Pecten whitfieldi Weller, 1907 †
