List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New Jersey

This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of New Jersey, U.S.

Sites

Group or Formation	Period	Notes
Aquia Formation	Paleogene
Beekmantown Group/Stonehenge Formation	Ordovician
Boonton Formation	Jurassic
Cape May Formation
Chatham Group/Passaic Formation	Triassic
Coeymans Limestone	Devonian
Feltville Formation	Jurassic
Hornerstown Formation	Paleogene, Cretaceous
Hornerstown Marls	Paleogene
Kirkwood Formation	Neogene
Leithsville Formation	Cambrian
Lower Hornerstown Formation	Paleogene
Magothy Formation	Cretaceous
Manasquan Formation	Paleogene
Manasquan Group/Vincentown Formation	Paleogene
Marcellus Formation	Devonian
Marshalltown Formation	Cretaceous
Matawan Formation	Cretaceous
Matawan Group/Marshalltown Formation	Cretaceous
Matawan Group/Wenonah Formation	Cretaceous
Matawan Group/Woodbury Formation	Cretaceous
Merchantville Formation	Cretaceous
Meriden Group/Towaco	Jurassic
Matawan Formation	Cretaceous
Monmouth Group/Mount Laurel Formation	Cretaceous
Monmouth Group/Navesink Formation	Cretaceous
Monmouth Group/New Egypt Formation	Cretaceous
Monmouth Group/Wenonah Group/Mt. Laurel Formation	Cretaceous
Mount Laurel Formation	Cretaceous
Navesink Formation	Cretaceous
Navesink Group	Cretaceous
New Egypt Formation	Cretaceous
Newark Group/Lockatong Formation	Triassic
Newark Group/Passaic Formation	Triassic
Newark Group/Stockton Formation	Triassic
Passaic Formation	Triassic
Potomac Group/Raritan Group/Magothy Formation	Cretaceous
Rancocas Group/Hornerstown Formation	Paleogene
Rancocas Group/Vincentown Formation	Paleogene
Raritan Formation	Cretaceous
Sandy Hook Formation	Cretaceous
Shark River Formation	Paleogene
Shark River Marl	Paleogene
South Amboy Fire Clay Group/Raritan Formation	Cretaceous
Stockton Formation	Triassic
Tinton Formation	Cretaceous
Vincentown Formation	Paleogene
Woodbury Formation	Cretaceous

See also

• Paleontology in New Jersey

References

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.