Mount Laurel Formation
| Mount Laurel Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: late Campanian to early Maastrichtian | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Navesink Formation |
| Overlies | Wenonah Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | New Jersey, Delaware |
| Country | United States |
The Mount Laurel Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation located in New Jersey and Delaware. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1] Dinosaur teeth recovered from this formation include tyrannosauroid teeth similar to those of Dryptosaurus, as well as teeth from a ~3-4m saurornitholestinedromaeosaurid.[2] Other fossils include: Belemnites in the genus Belemnitella, Oysters such as Exogyra and Pycnodonte, and rare mosasaur, turtle, and plesiosaur remains.