The cretaceous birds of New JerseyOlson, Storrs L.
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The cretaceous birds of New Jersey
Olson, Storrs L.
Birds, Fossil; Paleontology -- Cretaceous; Paleontology -- New Jersey
[Illustration: Figure 5.--Wing elements of _Burhinus_ and
_Telmatornis_. _a_, _Burhinus vermiculatus_ (USNM 488870), proximal end
of right humerus, anconal view, _b-d_, Telmatornis priscus (holotype
of _Graculavus pumilis_, YPM 850), proximal end of right humerus
(_b_, anconal view; _c_, palmar view; _d_, proximal view), _e,h_, _T.
priscus_ (holotype, YPM 840), distal end of left humerus (_e_, anconal
view; _h_, palmar view), _f,g_, _T. priscus_ (holotype of _Telmatornis
affinis_, YPM 845), distal end of right humerus (_f_, aconal view; _g_,
palmar view), _i_, _T. priscus_ (associated with YPM 850), distal end
of left carpometacarpus, dorsal view; _j_, _T. priscus_ (NJSM 11900),
proximal end of right ulna. (All figures x 2; specimens coated with
ammonium chloride to enhance detail.)]
[Illustration: Figure 6.--Humeri of _Anatalavis_, new genus, and
_Telmatornis_. _a_, _Anatalavis rex_ (holotype, YPM 902), right
humerus, palmar view; × 1.5. _b,d,f_, _A. rex_, (YPM 948), left
humerus (_b_, palmar view, × 1.5; _d_, enlarged, anconal view, × 2;
_f_, enlarged, palmar view, × 2). _c,e,g_, _Telmatornis priscus_,
(ANSP 15360), left humerus (_c_, palmar view, × 1.5; _e_, enlarged,
anconal view, × 2; _g_, enlarged, palmar view, × 2); _h_, _Burhinus
vermiculatus_ (USNM 430630), left humerus, palmar view, × 2. (Specimens
coated with ammonium chloride to enhance detail.)]
[Illustration: Figure 7.--Hindlimb elements. _a,b_, Right pedal
phalanx 1 of digit II (_a_, _Telmatornis priscus_, ANSP 15541; _b_,
_Presbyornis_ sp., USNM uncatalogued; part of associated foot), _c-k_,
Distal end of left tarsometatarsus, anterior, posterior, and distal
views, respectively (_c,f,i_, _Presbyornis_ sp., UCMP 126178; _d,g,j_,
_T. priscus_, NJSM 11853; _e,h,k_, _Burhinus vermiculalus_, USNM
488870). _l-n_, Distal portions of left tibiotarsi (_l_, _Palaeotringa
littoralis_, holotype, YPM 830; _m_, _P. vagans_, holotype, YPM 835;
_n_, _T. priscus_, holotype of _P. vetus_, ANSP 13361). (All figures ×
2; specimens coated with ammonium chloride to enhance detail.)]
Right pedal phalanx 1 of digit II (Figure 7_a_), ANSP 15541; collected
in 1972 by Richard White at the Inversand Company marl pit.
Proximal end of right ulna (Figure 5_j_), NJSM 11900; collected 14
July 1978 from spoil piles near junction of Routes 537 and 539, near
Hornerstown, Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, by
Gerard R. Case; presumably from the Hornerstown Formation but whether
from Cretaceous or Tertiary sediments is not known.
Miller (1955) lists an additional specimen from near Arneytown under
the name _Palaeotringa vetus_ (YPM 2808). This was cataloged in 1937
as “part of a tibia” of “Eocene” age but the specimen cannot now be
located in the Yale collections and its age and identity must be
considered very doubtful.
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