STORRS L. OLSON and DAVID C. PARRIS
SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO PALEOBIOLOGY • NUMBER 63
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SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO PALEOBIOLOGY · NUMBER 63
The Cretaceous Birds of New Jersey
Storrs L. Olson and David C. Parris
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PRESS
Washington, D.C.
1987
ABSTRACT
Olson, Storrs L., and David C. Parris. The Cretaceous Birds of NewJersey. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, number 63, 22pages, 11 figures, 1987.—This is a revision of the fossil birds fromLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian; Hornerstown and Navesink formations)deposits in New Jersey. Material of previously named taxa, describedover a century ago, is augmented by more recently collected specimensfrom a new locality at the Inversand Company marl pits near Sewell,Gloucester County. With about 8 genera and 9 species, this is the mostdiverse Cretaceous avi