Salvage of Upper Cretaceous Angiosperm Flower-bearing Localities in N. New Jersey

12个晚白垩世被子植物花化石产地 在北方新泽西将是打捞和材料 准备学习。 这些地方是陆地沉积物， 年龄范围从上森诺曼阶到上土伦阶， Santonian 初步观察表明这些沉积物 重要的是：（1）被子植物植物化石是非常重要的， （2）鲜花保存得非常好， 与木材，树叶和昆虫有关：（3）多样性是 范围非常广泛，包括几个主要的双子叶植物群体， 最早的明确的单子叶植物;（4）花的特点，一些 样本通常与专门的昆虫有关 授粉综合征 因此，立即救助具有 最高优先级

Twelve late Cretaceous angiosperm fossil flower localities in northern New Jersey will be salvages and the materials prepared for study. The localities are terrestrial deposits and range in age from upper Cenomanian to upper Turonian and Santonian. Preliminary observation indicates these deposits are important because: (1) angiosperm floral fossils are remarkably abundant; (2) the flowers are remarkably well preserved and associated with wood, leaves, and insects: (3) the diversity is unusually broad and includes several major dicot groups and the earliest unequivocal monocots; (4) floral features of some of the samples are typically associated with specialized insect pollination syndromes. Consequently, immediate salvage has a high priority.