Hornerstown area (Hornerstown Fm.) (PROXY) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Monmouth County, New Jersey (40.1° N, 74.6° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 50.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hornerstown Formation (Rancocas Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• lowermost part of formation

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; marl

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the YPM

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: O. C. Marsh. 1869. Notice of some new mosasauroid reptiles from the Greensand of New Jersey. American Journal of Science, second series 48(144):392-397 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 88034: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.03.2009, edited by Hallie Street, Roger Benson, Philip Mannion, Mark Uhen, Evangelos Vlachos and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
"Mosasaurus princeps n. sp." = Mosasaurus hoffmannii, "Mosasaurus meirsii n. sp." = Mosasaurus dekayi, "Leiodon laticaudus n. sp." = Tylosaurus laticaudus7
"Mosasaurus princeps n. sp." = Mosasaurus hoffmannii Mantell 1829 mosasaur
YPM 430
"Mosasaurus meirsii n. sp." = Mosasaurus dekayi Bronn 1838 mosasaur
YPM 443
"Leiodon laticaudus n. sp." = Tylosaurus laticaudus7 Marsh 1870 mosasaur
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Lytoloma jeanesii5
Lytoloma jeanesii5 Cope 1870 sea turtle
First reported by Cope
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus parvus4, "Adocus punctatus n. sp." = Adocus beatus9
"Adocus punctatus n. sp." = Adocus beatus9 Leidy 1865 turtle
YPM 780
 Testudines - Pancheloniidae
"Lytoloma wielandi" = Euclastes wielandi5, "Catapleura ponderosa n. sp." = Euclastes wielandi3
"Lytoloma wielandi" = Euclastes wielandi5 Hay 1908 turtle
Skull bones secured by O. C. Marsh
"Catapleura ponderosa n. sp." = Euclastes wielandi3 Hay 1908 turtle
AMNH 1475, holotype fragmentary skeleton
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
Taphrosphys nodosus n. sp.2, "Taphrosphys leslianus n. sp." = Taphrosphys sulcatus2
Taphrosphys nodosus n. sp.2 Cope 1870 sideneck turtle
AMNH 1480
"Taphrosphys leslianus n. sp." = Taphrosphys sulcatus2 Leidy 1856 sideneck turtle
AMNH 1467; partial shell, collected by Dr. S. Lockwood
 Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Elasmosauridae indet.1
Elasmosauridae indet.1 Cope 1869 elasmosaur
YPM 449
 Loricata - Dyrosauridae
Hyposaurus rogersii4
Hyposaurus rogersii4 Owen 1849 crocodilian
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Thoracosaurus sp.10, "Thoracosaurus meirsanus n. sp." = Thoracosaurus neocesariensis10
Thoracosaurus sp.10 Leidy 1852 crocodilian
YPM 280 (lower jaws) and YPM 281 (lower jaws)
"Thoracosaurus meirsanus n. sp." = Thoracosaurus neocesariensis10 De Kay 1842 crocodilian
YPM 404
Aves
 Charadriiformes -
Graculavus velox n. gen. n. sp.8, "Graculavus pumilis n. sp." = Telmatornis priscus8
Graculavus velox n. gen. n. sp.8 Marsh 1872 shorebird
YPM 855
"Graculavus pumilis n. sp." = Telmatornis priscus8 Marsh 1870 shorebird
YPM 850
 Charadriiformes - Graculavidae
Palaeotringa vagans n. sp.8
Palaeotringa vagans n. sp.8 Marsh 1872 shorebird
YPM 835
Chondrichthyes
 Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae
"Dipristis meirsii n. sp." = Edaphodon miersii6
"Dipristis meirsii n. sp." = Edaphodon miersii6 Marsh 1869 chimaera
1Bardet 1992; 2Cope 1870; 3Cope 1871; 4Gaffney et al. 2006; 5Hay 1908; 6Marsh 1869; 7Marsh 1870; 8Marsh 1872; 9Marsh 1890; 10Troxell 1925