Barnsboro "greensand" (Hornerstown): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, New Jersey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosaurus brevifemur n. sp.
Cope 1875
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Gallagher 1993 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen vanum belonging to Plesiosauria | ||||||||||
| type (lost) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Holops glyptodon n. sp.
(Cope 1869)
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Gavialoidea | ||||||||||
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Crocodilus obscurus n. sp.
Leidy 1865
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Gallagher 1993 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Gavialoidea | ||||||||||
| RU 1-K.-V.-12 (now at AMNH) | ||||||||||
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Hyposaurus rogersii
Owen 1849
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Gallagher 1993 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Dyrosauridae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Nectoportheus validus n. sp.
Cope 1868
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Gallagher 1993 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH 1395 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Taphrosphys enodis n. sp.
Cope 1870
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Cope 1870 | |||||||||
| synonym of Taphrosphys sulcatus | ||||||||||
| This may be a smooth or worn individual of T. molops. The remains are in good condition, and do not appear to have been eroded or corroded. It is indicated by a large portion of the plastron of a single individual from Barnesboro, N. J. | ||||||||||
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Taphrosphys leslianus
Cope 1870
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Hay 1908 | |||||||||
| synonym of Taphrosphys sulcatus | ||||||||||
| AMNH 1471, partial plastron | ||||||||||
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Taphrosphys molops
Cope 1870
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Gallagher 1993 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Taphrosphys sulcatus | ||||||||||
| AMNH 1472 | ||||||||||
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Taphrosphys strenuus n. sp.
Cope 1870
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Gallagher 1993 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH 1126 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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Adocus syntheticus n. sp.
Cope 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| AMNH 1466 | ||||||||||
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Adocus agilis n. sp.
Cope 1868
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Gallagher 1993 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH 1135 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Lytoloma jeanesii n. sp.
Cope 1870
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Cope 1870 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| lost specimen from Cope (1869) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Toxochelys atlantica n. sp.
Zangerl 1953
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Zangerl 1953 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Euclastes wielandi | ||||||||||
| YPM 625 | ||||||||||
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Osteopygis emarginatus n. gen., n. sp.
Cope 1868
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Cope 1870 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH 1344 | ||||||||||
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Osteopygis erosus n. sp.
Cope 1875
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Cope 1875 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Osteopygis emarginatus | ||||||||||
| AMNH 1130, holotype fragmentary skeleton | ||||||||||
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Osteopygis chelydrinus n. sp.
Cope 1868
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Hay 1908 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Osteopygis emarginatus | ||||||||||
| AMNH 1131, fragmentary shell | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Gloucester |
| Coordinates: | 39.8° North, 75.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.2° North, 50.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| 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: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lower part of Hornerstown Fm., MFL (Main Fossiliferous Layer) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Barnesboro | ||
| Database number: | 167780 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Carrano, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-04-01 11:37:32 | Last modified: | 2023-05-31 15:21:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-01 11:37:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9105. | 5% 52240 | E. D. Cope. 1870. [The remains of a new Cretaceous tortoise]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11:515 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 63647 | E. D. Cope. 1875. The Vertebrata of the Cretaceous formations of the west. Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 2:1-303 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 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] | |
| 82442 | A. D. Gentry, C. R. Kiernan, and J. F. Parham. 2023. A large non-marine turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama and a review of North American “macrobaenids”. The Anatomical Record 306(6):1411-1430 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Carrano] | |
| 14442 | ETE | O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 787 | R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part IV. The turtles of the family Toxochelyidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(4):145-277 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Mannion] |