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
_Graculavus velox?_ 6
Genus _Telmatornis_ Marsh, 1870 6
_Telmatornis priscus_ Marsh, 1870 6
Genus _Anatalavis_, new genus 11
_Anatalavis rex_ (Shufeldt, 1915), new combination 11
Genus _Laornis_ Marsh, 1870 12
_Laornis edvardsianus_ Marsh, 1870 12
Genus _Palaeotringa_ Marsh, 1870 12
_Palaeotringa littoralis_ Marsh, 1870 12
_Palaeotringa littoralis?_ 14
_Palaeotringa vagans_ Marsh, 1872 14
Graculavidae, Genus and Species Indeterminate 14
Order Procellariiformes? 14
Family Tytthostonychidae, new family 16
Genus _Tytthostonyx_, new genus 16
_Tytthostonyx glauconiticus_, new species 16
Family and Genus Indeterminate 16
Aves, incertae sedis 19
Discussion 19
Appendix 20
Literature Cited 21
The Cretaceous Birds of New Jersey
_Storrs L. Olson and David C. Parris_[1]
[Footnote 1: _Storrs L. Olson, Department of Vertebrate Zoology,
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C. 20560. David C. Parris, New Jersey State Museum, 205
West State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0530._]
Introduction
Fossils of Cretaceous birds are scarce and usually difficult
to interpret. The better known forms such as _Hesperornis_ and
_Ichthyornis_ belong to strange and archaic groups having little or
nothing to do with the modern avian radiation. The only areas that have
yielded Cretaceous birds of essentially modern aspect in sufficient
quantities to be regarded as avifaunal assemblages are the inland
deposits of the Lance Formation and strata of similar age in Wyoming
(Brodkorb, 1963a) and the marine deposits of New Jersey. Of these, the
assemblage from New Jersey is the more diverse.
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