N.J. (H 367). This type is more closely related to the 
type from Manitoba, Canada (Plate XVI), than it is to 
that from Alaska and Kreischerville (Plates XIV, XV). 
Cliffwood Amber 
The lignitic sands and clays at Cliffwood Bluff, New 
Jersey, on Raritan Bay were first included in the Raritan 
Formation, although they also have been referred to the 
Matawan Formation (Hollick, 1897; Berry, 1905a). 
However, the lignites, and amber-bearing beds in par- 
ticular, were then considered to be in the Magothy For- 
mation. Berry (1905a) states that ‘‘a secondary feature 
of the Magothy Formation is the occurrence of amber, 
which is found in the form of globular and tear-shaped 
drops, disseminated in the lignite beds from Cliffwood 
bluff, in New Jersey, southwesterly to the type amber 
locality of the coastal plain, at Cape Sable, Md.’’ He 
indicates further that he has not found amber in pieces 
‘larger than a lima bean, although occasionally one 
hears from the foreman of the clay pits of much larger 
masses having been found.’’ Doyle (pers. comm., 1967) 
confirms the Magothy age of at least some of the Cliff 
wood lignites on the basis of his palynological studies. 
Berry (1905a,b) studied the plant megafossils from 
Cliffwood and described various coniferous remains. 
Among the araucarians were Dammara and Araucarites. 
Penny (1947) also reported Araucarioxylon with tracheal 
pitting similar to modern species of A gathis and Arau- 
caria here. Various species of Pinus, Picea and Pitoxylon 
are reported for the Pinaceae. Holden (1913) also listed 
Pityoxylon from this locality. In the Taxodiaceae, Berry 
reported various species of Sequoia, Geinitzia and Cun- 
ninghamites. 
One spectrum (Smithsonian Collection with no num- 
ber, collected by E.W. Berry from the Cliffwood Brick 
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