Title
A new and unusual aquatic reptile from the Lockatong Formation of New Jersey (late Triassic, Newark Supergroup)
Title Variants
Alternative:
Unusual aquatic reptile
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3334
By
Colbert, Edwin H. 1905-2001
Olsen, Paul Eric.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2001
Notes
Title from caption.
"June 22, 2001."
Hypuronector limnaios (n. gen., n. sp.) is a small reptile described from the late Triassic (late Carnian) age Lockatong Formation of the Newark basin of New Jersey. It occurs in the laminated, relatively deep-water portions of sedimentary cycles controlled by orbital forcing of climate. Hypuronector has uniquely elongated chevrons that give the tail a fin- or featherlike shape. Hypuronector was a member of the diapsid family Drepanosauridae, along with Drepanosaurus, Megalancosauras, Dolabrosaurus, and an undescribed form. The tail of Hypuronector was probably used for swimming, although the proportionally long legs suggest that this reptile at least occasionally moved about on land.
Subjects
Hypuronector limnaios
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New Jersey
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Newark Basin
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Paleontology
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Reptiles, Fossil
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Triassic
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3334 2001
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2001)334<0001:ANAUAR>2.0.CO;2
OCLC:
47226469
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