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
The nonavian megafauna of the main fossiliferous layer (Basal
Hornerstown Formation), at the Inversand Company marl pit, Sewell,
Gloucester County, New Jersey is listed below. Also found in the
deposits were numerous coprolites of sharks and crocodilians, some
amber, phosphatized wood, and a few seeds. Voucher specimens are in the
collections of the New Jersey State Museum, Academy of Natural Sciences
of Philadelphia, and Yale University (Princeton University collections).
Brachiopoda
_Terebratulina atlantica_ (Morton)
Gastropoda
_Gyrodes abyssinus_ (Morton)
_Acteon cretacea_ Gabb
_Anchura abrupta_ Conrad
_Turbinella parva_ Gabb
_Lunatia halli_ Gabb
_Pyropsis trochiformis_ (Tuomey)
_Volutoderma ovata_ Whitfield
_Turbinella subconica_ Gabb
_Turritella vertebroides_ Morton
Pelecypoda
_Cardium tenuistriatum_ Whitfield
_Glycymeris mortoni_ (Conrad)
_Gryphaea convexa_ (Say)
_Gervilliopsis ensiformis_ (Conrad)
_Panopea decisa_ Conrad
_Veniella conradi_ Morton
_Crassatella vadosa_ Morton
_Cucullaea vulgaris_ Morton
_Lithophaga ripleyana_ Gabb
_Xylophagella irregularis_ (Gabb)
_Nuculana stephensoni_ Richards
_Etea delawarensis_ (Gabb)
Nautiloidea
_Eutrephoceras dekayi_ (Morton)
Ammonoidea
_Baculites ovatus_ Say
_Sphenodiscus lobatus_ (Tuomey)
_Pachydiscus_ (_Neodesmoceras_) sp.
Crustacea
cf. _Hoploparia_ sp.
Chondrichthyes
_Lamma appendiculata_ (Agassiz)
_Odontaspis cuspidata_ (Agassiz)
_Squalicorax pristodontus_ (Morton)
_Hexanchus_ sp.
_Edaphodon stenobryus_ (Cope)
_Edaphodon mirificus_ Leidy
_Ischyodus_ cf. _I. thurmanni_ Pictet and Campiche
_Squatina_ sp.
_Myliobatis_ cf. _M. leidyi_ Hay
_Ischyrhiza mira_ Leidy
_Rhinoptera_ sp.
cf. _Rhombodus levis_ Cappetta and Case
Osteichthyes
_Enchodus_ cf. _E. ferox_ Leidy
_Enchodus_ cf. _E. serrulalus_ Fowler
_Paralbula casei_ Estes
Chelonia
_Adocus beatus_ Leidy
_Osteopygis emarginatus_ Cope
_Taphrospys sulcatus_ (Leidy)
_Dollochelys atlantica_ (Zangerl)
Crocodilia
cf. _Procaimanoidea_ sp.
_Hyposaurus rogersii_ Owen
_Thoracosaurus_ sp.
_Bottosaurus harlani_ Meyer
_Diplocynodon_ sp.
Lacertilia
_Mosasaurus_ sp.
_Plioplatecarpus_ sp.
Literature Cited
Baird, Donald
1967. Age of Fossil Birds from the Greensands of New Jersey. _Auk_,
84:260-262.
Brodkorb, Pierce
1963a. Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming. _Proceedings
of the XIIIth International Ornithological Congress_, pages
55-70, 10 figures.
1963b. Catalogue of Fossil Birds, Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes
through Ardeiformes). _Bulletin of the Florida Slate Museum_,
_Biological Sciences_, 7(4):179-293.
1967. Catalogue of Fossil Birds, Part 3 (Ralliformes,
Ichthyornithiformes, Charadriiformes). _Bulletin of the
Florida Slate Museum_, _Biological Sciences_, 11(3):99-220.
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