Pemberton Marl Company pit (Hornerstown): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, New Jersey
collected by J. C. Gaskill 1869

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Mosasaurus depressus n. sp. Cope 1869
Gallagher 1993 1 specimen
type (missing)
Tylosaurus sectorius (Cope 1871)
Miller 1962
recombined as Prognathodon sectorius
Reptilia - Testudines
Osteopygis robustus n. sp. Hay 1908
Gallagher 1993 1 specimen
synonym of Osteopygis emarginatus
AMNH 2360
Osteopygis platylomus n. sp. Cope 1870
Cope 1870 1 specimen
synonym of Osteopygis emarginatus
ANSP specimen shell fragments collected by Samuel Ashhurst
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Homorophus insuetus n. gen., n. sp. Cope 1869
Hay 1908 1 specimen
Lost holotype partial shell
Zygoramma striatula n. gen., n. sp. Cope 1869
Hay 1908 1 specimen
recombined as Adocus striatula
AMNH 2358 (holotype partial shell)
Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Agomphus tardus n. sp. Wieland 1905
Wieland 1905 1 specimen
synonym of Agomphus pectoralis
YPM 774 (partial shell)
Reptilia - Testudines
Erquelinnesia molaria n. sp. Hay 1908
Gallagher 1993 1 specimen
synonym of Euclastes wielandi
AMNH 9220; presented by Rev. L. H. Lighthipe
Lytoloma angusta n. sp. Cope 1870
Cope 1870 1 specimen
synonym of Euclastes wielandi
AMNH 1133, holotype three peripheral bones, a fragment of a costal, and a lower jaw, only doubtfully associated
Reptilia
Hyposaurus fraterculus n. sp. Cope 1869
Cope 1869 1 specimen
synonym of Thoracosaurus neocesariensis
Crocodilus obscurus Leidy 1865
Gallagher 1993 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Gavialoidea
ANSP 9185-7
Hyposaurus ferox n. sp. Marsh 1871
Marsh 1871
nomen dubium belonging to Dyrosauridae
YPM 2794 - type (two teeth)
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Graculavidae
Laornis edvardsianus n. gen., n. sp. Marsh 1870
1 specimen
YPM 820
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey County:Burlington
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 74.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.3° North, 50.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Rancocas Formation:Hornerstown
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: basal part of formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:YPM
Collectors:J. C. Gaskill Collection dates:1869
Metadata
Also known as:Birmingham
Database number:87902
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion, R. Benson Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion, R. Benson
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-03-27 14:06:26 Last modified:2017-12-04 15:06:50
Access level:the public Released:2009-03-27 14:06:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
29790.ETE 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]

Secondary references:

64006 P. Brodkorb. 1978. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 5 (Passeriformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 23(3):139-228 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
58984 E. D. Cope. 1869. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part I. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:1-104 [R. Butler/E. Dunne/M. Carrano]
35435 E. D. Cope. 1870. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:105-235 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen]
54671 W. B. Gallagher. 1993. The Cretaceous/Tertiary mass extinction event in the North Atlantic coastal plain. The Mosasaur 5:75-154 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14442ETE O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
39527 O. C. Marsh. 1871. A communication on some new reptiles and fishes from the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1871:103-105 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
62802 H. W. Miller. 1962. Appendix A: the Cretaceous reptiles of New Jersey. In H. G. Richards (ed.), The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey, Part II 61:193-196 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
29473ETE S. L. Olson and D. C. Parris. 1987. The Cretaceous birds of New Jersey. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 63:1-22 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14730ETE G. R. Wieland. 1905. Structure of the Upper Cretaceous turtles of New Jersey: Agomphus. The American Journal of Science, series 4 20:430-444 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]