Appendix

Appendix

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 cretaceaGabbAnchura abruptaConradTurbinella parvaGabbLunatia halliGabbPyropsis trochiformis(Tuomey)Volutoderma ovataWhitfieldTurbinella subconicaGabbTurritella vertebroidesMorton

Pelecypoda

Cardium tenuistriatumWhitfieldGlycymeris mortoni(Conrad)Gryphaea convexa(Say)Gervilliopsis ensiformis(Conrad)Panopea decisaConradVeniella conradiMortonCrassatella vadosaMortonCucullaea vulgarisMortonLithophaga ripleyanaGabbXylophagella irregularis(Gabb)Nuculana stephensoniRichardsEtea delawarensis(Gabb)

Nautiloidea

Eutrephoceras dekayi(Morton)

Ammonoidea

Baculites ovatusSaySphenodiscus lobatus(Tuomey)Pachydiscus(Neodesmoceras) sp.

Crustacea

cf.Hoplopariasp.

Chondrichthyes

Lamma appendiculata(Agassiz)Odontaspis cuspidata(Agassiz)Squalicorax pristodontus(Morton)Hexanchussp.Edaphodon stenobryus(Cope)Edaphodon mirificusLeidyIschyoduscf.I. thurmanniPictet and CampicheSquatinasp.Myliobatiscf.M. leidyiHayIschyrhiza miraLeidyRhinopterasp.cf.Rhombodus levisCappetta and Case

Osteichthyes

Enchoduscf.E. feroxLeidyEnchoduscf.E. serrulalusFowlerParalbula caseiEstes

Chelonia

Adocus beatusLeidyOsteopygis emarginatusCopeTaphrospys sulcatus(Leidy)Dollochelys atlantica(Zangerl)

Crocodilia

cf.Procaimanoideasp.Hyposaurus rogersiiOwenThoracosaurussp.Bottosaurus harlaniMeyerDiplocynodonsp.

Lacertilia

Mosasaurussp.Plioplatecarpussp.


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