The Paleontology of North America

The Devonian in New Jersey, US

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undifferentiated rock units

See exposures in this state from the:

Quaternary
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian

Devonian Fossils
Fossil photos from Devonian in New Jersey

Paleontology and geology

During the Devonian, warm shallow seas covered northwestern New Jersey. Brachiopods, bryozoans, corals, crinoids, and trilobites are common fossils found in the Devonian rocks of the upper Delaware River valley in northwestern Warren and Sussex Counties.

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