Where: Monmouth County, New Jersey (40.1° N, 74.5° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 41.3° N, 37.7° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hornerstown Formation (Rancocas Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (72.2 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by J. G. Meirs, W. Ross in 1871; reposited in the YPM
Primary reference: O. C. Marsh. 1870. Notice of some fossil birds, from the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations of the United States. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 2 49(145):205-217 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87903: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 27.03.2009, edited by Philip Mannion and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Propleura borealis n. sp.3
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"Agomphus ? turgidus" = Agomphus pectoralis4 Cope 1870 mud turtle YPM 776, "doubtless" from this locality
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Hyposaurus natator n. sp.2
Hyposaurus natator n. sp.2 Troxell 1925 crocodilian YPM 985 - type (partial skeleton comprising the skull and jaws, limb bones, pelvis, shoulder, 33 vertebrae, and fragments of ribs); YPM 380 - "heautotype" (incomplete mandible and fragmentary postcrania)
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"Telmatornis rex n. sp." = Anatalavis rex1
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"Telmatornis priscus n. gen. n. sp." = Telmatornis priscus, "Telmatornis affinis n. sp." = Telmatornis priscus
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