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By Storrs L. Olson
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This revision presents fossil avian material from Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) marine deposits of New Jersey, incorporating newly collected specimens from the Inversand marl pits and reexamining century-old types. About eight genera and nine species are recognized, most assigned to a primitive charadriiform-like assemblage provisionally referred to the form family Graculavidae (including genera such as Graculavus, Telmatornis, Anatalavis, Laornis, and Palaeotringa). A new family, Tytthostonychidae, and the genus and species Tytthostonyx glauconiticus are proposed for a distinctive humerus possibly allied to procellariiform or pelecaniform birds. The fauna appears neognathous but cannot be placed in modern families.

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Title: The cretaceous birds of New Jersey

Author: Storrs L. Olson

David C. Parris

Release date: October 7, 2022 [eBook #69109]
Most recently updated: October 19, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987

Credits: Tom Cosmas compiled from materials made available at The Internet Archive and placed in the Public Domain.

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The Cretaceous Birds of New Jersey
STORRS L. OLSON and DAVID C. PARRIS
SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO PALEOBIOLOGY • NUMBER 63

SERIES PUBLICATIONS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Emphasis upon publication as a means of "diffusing knowledge" was expressed by the first Secretary of the Smithsonian. In his formal plan for the Institution, Joseph Henry outlined a program that included the following statement: "It is proposed to publish a series of reports, giving an account of the new discoveries in science, and of the changes made from year to year in all branches of knowledge." This theme of basic research has been adhered to through the years by thousands of titles issued in series publications under the Smithsonian imprint, commencing with Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge in 1848 and continuing with the following active series:

Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology
Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics
Smithsonian Contributions to Botany
Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences
Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences
Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Smithsonian Folklife Studies
Smithsonian Studies in Air and Space
Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology

In these series, the Institution publishes small papers and full-scale monographs that report the research and collections of its various museums and bureaux or of professional colleagues in the world of science and scholarship. The publications are distributed by mailing lists to libraries, universities, and similar institutions throughout the world.

Papers or monographs submitted for series publication are received by the Smithsonian Institution Press, subject to its own review for format and style, only through departments of the various Smithsonian museums or bureaux, where the manuscripts are given substantive review. Press requirements for manuscript and art preparation are outlined on the inside back cover.

  Robert McC. Adams
Secretary
Smithsonian Institution

SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO PALEOBIOLOGY · NUMBER 63