Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus neubergicus (Hauer, 1858)

KENNEDY, W. J., LANDMAN, N. H., COBBAN, W. A. & JOHNSON, R. O., 2000, Additions to the Ammonite Fauna of the Upper Cretaceous Navesink Formation of New Jersey, American Museum Novitates 3306, pp. 1-31 : 9-15

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Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus neubergicus (Hauer, 1858)
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Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus neubergicus (Hauer, 1858) View in CoL

Figure 4U–W

Ammonites neubergicus Hauer, 1858: 12 View in CoL , pl. 2, figs. 1–3, non pl. 3, figs. 1, 2.

Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus (von Hauer, 1858) View in CoL , Kennedy and Summesberger, 1986: 189, pl. 2, figs. 1, 2, pl. 3, figs. 1–3, pl. 4, figs. 1–5, pl. 5, figs. 1, 4, 5, pl. 6, figs. 1, 2, 5, pl. 15, figs. 7, 8, text­figs. 5a, b (with full synonymy).

Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus (Hauer, 1858) , Kennedy, 1986b: 34, pl. 4, fig. 3.

? Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) cf. neubergicus (Hauer, 1858) , Vasicek, 1988: 76, pl. 1, fig. 3.

Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus neubergicus (Hauer, 1858) , Kennedy and Henderson, 1992: 420, pl. 10, figs. 6–8, pl. 11, text­fig. 6A (with additional synonymy).

Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus (Hauer, 1858) , Hancock and Kennedy, 1993: 158, pl. 3, figs. 6, 7, pl. 9, figs. 5–8, pl. 12, figs. 7–9, pl. 13, figs. 5–7.

Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus neubergicus (Hauer, 1858) , Ward and Kennedy, 1993: 30, figs. 25.9–25.12, 25.14, 25.16–25.18, 27.3– 27.5, 27.7, 28.1–28.3, 30.4, 30.6.

Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus (Hauer, 1855) , Kennedy et al., 1995: pl. 6, figs. 16, 17.

LECTOTYPE: The lectotype is No. 1858.01. 6 in the collections of the Geologische Bundesanstalt, Vienna, the original of Hauer, 1858 (pl. 2, figs. 1–3), designated by de Grossouvre, 1894 (p. 209; see Kennedy and Summesberger, 1986: pl. 3, figs. 1–3). It is from the lower Maastrichtian of Neuberg , Steiermark, Austria.

DESCRIPTION: MAPS A2045a2 (not illustrated, plaster cast USNM 445245) has a whorl height of 19.5 mm. The ratio of whorl breadth to whorl height is 0.9. The umbilical shoulder is narrowly rounded. The inner flanks are broadly rounded, the outer flanks are convergent, and the venter is broadly rounded. Three distant umbilical bullae give rise to narrow, prorsiradiate ribs that weaken on the middle of the flanks but strengthen on the outer flanks. Several intercalated ribs are present between the primaries; they arise on the middle to outer flanks, so that there are 14 ventral ribs corresponding to the three bullae; these ribs strengthen over the venter, which they cross in a broad convexity.

MAPS A2045a1 (fig. 4U–W, plaster cast USNM 445424) is a much larger fragment, wholly septate to a whorl height of 50 mm. The whorl section is compressed with a ratio of whorl breadth to whorl height of 0.8, with the greatest breadth at the umbilical shoul­ der. The umbilicus is moderately deep, the umbilical wall is flattened and inclined outward, and the umbilical shoulder is rounded. The inner flanks are broadly rounded, the outer flanks are flattened and convergent, and the ventrolateral shoulders are broadly rounded. The venter is quite broad and flattened. Six umbilical bullae are present in the 150° sector preserved; they are strong, feebly concave, and give rise to prorsiradiate ribs that weaken across the middle of the flanks. Pairs of intercalated ribs arise on the outer flanks, and all ribs strengthen markedly across the venter. The suture is imperfectly preserved, but is intricately subdivid­ ed and typical for the genus.

DISCUSSION: Cobban (1974a: 18, pl. 11, figs. 5–8, text­fig. 15) recorded juvenile Pachydiscus sp. from the Navesink Formation at Atlantic Highlands, which Błaszkiewicz (in Cobban, 1974a: 18) considered to be most similar to P. (P.) neubergicus . The larger fragment illustrated here confirms this view and demonstrates beyond doubt the presence of this important Maastrichtian marker species in the eastern United States. Kennedy and Summesberger (1986) provided a full description and synonymy of this species, and illustrated the lectotype and topotype material. Differences between P. (P.) neubergicus neubergicus and subspecies P. (P.) neubergicus dissitus Henderson and McNamara, 1985 (p. 72, pl. 7, figs. 7, 9, pl. 10, figs. 3–6, text­figs. 11, 12c, 13c) are fully described by these authors.

OCCURRENCE: The Navesink specimens are from the lower phosphatic layer at Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey. The species is typically lower Maastrichtian in Europe, but ranges up into the lower part of the upper Maastrichtian Belemnitella junior belemnite zone. It is known from Denmark, north Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Russia, southwestern France, northeastern Spain, Nigeria, southern India, Zululand ( South Africa), and Madagascar, with subspecies dissitus in the upper Maastrichtian of western Australia.

SUBORDER ANCYLOCERATINA WIEDMANN, 1966

SUPERFAMILY TURRILITACEAE GILL, 1871

FAMILY NOSTOCERATIDAE Hyatt, 1894

Genus and Subgenus Nostoceras Hyatt, 1894

TYPE SPECIES: Nostoceras stantoni Hyatt, 1894, p. 569 ; by original designation = Ancyloceras? approximans Conrad, 1855, p. 266 .

Nostoceras (Nostoceras) approximans (Conrad, 1855) Figures 4S, T, 5A–E, K–O View Fig

Ancyloceras approximans Conrad, 1855: 266 .

Ancyloceras approximans Conrad, Conrad, 1860 : pl. 47, fig. 4.

Nostoceras stantoni Hyatt, 1894: 570 .

Nostoceras stantoni aberrans Hyatt, 1894: 572 .

Nostoceras stantoni retrorsum Hyatt, 1894: 579 .

Nostoceras stantoni prematurum Hyatt, 1894: 572 .

Nostoceras stantoni Hyatt, Roman, 1938: 445 .

Nostoceras stantoni Hyatt, Stephenson, 1941: 407 , pl. 80, figs. 1–5.

Nostoceras stantoni aberrans Hyatt, Stephenson, 1941: 409 , pl. 80, figs. 9, 10.

Nostoceras stantoni retrorsum Hyatt, 1894 , Stephenson, 1941: 408.

Nostoceras stantoni prematurum Hyatt, Stephenson, 1941: 409 , pl. 80, figs. 6–8. non Nostoceras spec. aff. stantoni aberrans Hyatt, Bürgl, 1955: 43, pl. 6, fig. 12.

non Nostoceras spec. aff. stantoni aberrans, Hyatt, Bürgl, 1957: pl. 17, fig. 3.

non Nostoceras stantoni serratum Collignon, 1971: 12 , pl. 644, fig. 2383.

Nostoceras View in CoL cf. N. stantoni Hyatt, Cobban, 1974a: 12 , pl. 9, figs. 23–31, text­fig. 9.

? Nostoceras sp. cf. N. stantoni Hyatt, Matsumoto, 1977: 323 , pl. 61, fig. 3.

Nostoceras (Nostoceras) approximans (Conrad, 1855) , Kennedy et al., 1995: pl. 6, figs. 9–12.

HOLOTYPE: The holotype is the original of Conrad (1855: 266), by monotypy. It is ANSP 12861 About ANSP , and was said to be from White River, Arkansas.

DISCUSSION: Cobban (1974a) had only helices of this species for his original account of the Navesink fauna. Subsequent collecting has produced adult body chambers that correspond to the holotype of Nostoceras (N.) approximans and to N. (N.) stantoni Hyatt, 1894 (Stephenson, 1941: 407, pl. 80, figs. 1– 5), which is treated as a junior synonym. Figured microconchs include the holotype, ANSP 12861 (fig. 5C–E) and MAPS A2027a1 (fig. 5K–M). One specimen, USNM 445246, has suffered an injury in life, and, as a result, one of its rows of tubercles is greatly reduced (fig. 5N, O). An adult macroconch body chamber ( MAPS A2027a2) is illustrated as figure 5A, B.

OCCURRENCE: Upper Campanian; lower phosphatic layer, basal part of Navesink Formation, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey; Nacatoch Sand of northeast Texas; Saratoga Chalk of Arkansas; Baculites jenseni zone in the Pierre Shale of Colorado. Records from Colombia and Madagascar belong to other species; that from Japan is doubtful.

Nostoceras (Nostoceras) hyatti Stephenson, 1941 Figures 6 View Fig , 7G–I View Fig

Nostoceras hyatti Stephenson, 1941: 410 View in CoL , pl. 81, figs. 9–12.

Nostoceras hyatti Stephenson, Cobban, 1974a: 10 View in CoL , pl. 5, figs. 1–21, pl. 6, figs. 1–12, pl. 7, figs. 1– 10, pl. 8, figs. 1–30, text­fig. 8 (with full synonymy).

Nostoceras (Nostoceras) pozaryskii Błaszkiewicz, 1980: 26 (part), pl. 10, figs. 8, 9, 12 only.

Nostoceras (Nostoceras) hyatti Stephenson, 1941 View in CoL , Kennedy, 1986a: 90, pl. 20, figs. 7–9.

Nostoceras (Nostoceras) hyatti Stephenson, 1941 , Kennedy and Cobban, 1993: 417, figs. 9.2, 11.1–11.27.

Nostoceras (Nostoceras) hyatti Stephenson, 1941 , Ward and Kennedy, 1993: 14, fig. 15.1, 15.2.

Nostoceras (Nostoceras) hyatti Stephenson, 1941 , Hancock and Kennedy, 1993: 162, pl. 9, figs. 1–4, pl. 14, figs. 2–4, pl. 16, figs. 2, 3, pl. 17, figs. 10, 11, pl. 18, figs. 2–4, 6, 7, pl. 19, figs. 1–4, 8–10.

Nostoceras (Nostoceras) hyatti Stephenson, 1941 , Kennedy et al., 1995: pl. 6, figs. 7, 8, pl. 7, figs. 9, 10.

TYPES: The holotype is USNM 77258 About USNM , the original of Stephenson, 1941: pl. 81, fig. 9, from the Nacatoch Sand on Postoak Creek at the north edge of Corsicana , Navarro County, Texas. There are four paratypes .

DISCUSSION: We have examined more than 100 specimens in addition to those described by Cobban (1974a). These show marked size dimorphism as demonstrated by figure 6A– C, a microconch, and figure 6D–F and figure 7G–I, two macroconchs, the latter pathological. Kennedy was also able to examine the type specimens and topotypes of Nostoceras pozaryskii Błaszkiewicz, 1980 , and is convinced that this species is in part based on specimens of N. (N.) hyatti , notably the original of Błaszkiewicz, pl. 10, figs. 8, 9, 12. The holotype (Błaszkiewicz, 1980: pl. 10, figs. 1–5) is a specimen of N. (N.) helicinum, as are the originals of his pl. 10, figs. 6, 7, 10, 11, 13–15.

OCCURRENCE: Upper Campanian; lower phosphatic layer, basal part of Navesink Formation, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey; Nacatoch Sand of northeast Texas; Coon Creek Tongue of Ripley Formation in Tennessee; Saratoga Chalk in Arkansas; Angola?; Israel; Tercis, Landes, France; Maurens, Aquitaine, France; and the Vistula Valley, Poland.

Nostoceras (Nostoceras) alternatum (Tuomey, 1854) Figure 4L–O

Turrulites alternatns (sic) Tuomey, 1854: 168.

Turrilites spinifera Conrad, 1860: 284 .

Turrilites spinifera Conrad, Gabb, 1861b: 92 .

Turrilites alternatus Tuomey, Gabb, 1861b: 91 .

Nostoceras alternatum (Tuomey) , Cobban, 1974b: 86, figs. 1w–rr, 5.

Nostoceras (Nostoceras) alternatum (Tuomey, 1854) , Cobban and Kennedy, 1991: E3, pl. 2, figs. 5–27.

Nostoceras (Nostoceras) alternatum (Tuomey, 1854) , Cobban and Kennedy, 1995: 14, figs 9.10, 9.11.

TYPES: The types were from Noxubee County, Mississippi, but are lost .

DESCRIPTION: MAPS A2041a1 (fig. 4L, M) is a septate fragment 21 mm long with a maximum preserved whorl height of 11.5 mm. It has a concave upper whorl face and an outer whorl face that is broadly rounded above and flattened below. The juncture of the outer and lower whorl faces is narrowly rounded; the lower whorl face is flattened. Twelve narrow ribs are straight and transverse to slightly concave and prorsiradiate on the outer whorl face. Six strong, transversely elongate tubercles are present at the juncture of the outer and lower whorl faces. Each tubercle is linked to a single rib or a pair of ribs and gives rise to one or two distant, narrow, feebly convex ribs on the lower whorl face. These ribs either link singly or zig­zag in pairs to transversely elongated tubercles at the margin of the umbilicus. The suture is moderately incised with broad, bifid saddles.

NJSM 17737 (fig. 4N, O) is a water­worn fragment of a body chamber (no sutures are visible) 23.5 mm long with a maximum preserved height of 11.0 mm. There are seven tubercles at the juncture of the outer and low­ er whorl faces.

DISCUSSION: The distribution of tubercles, with one row at the juncture of the outer and lower whorl faces, and the other close to the umbilicus on the base of the whorl, immediately distinguishes this species from all other representatives of the genus.

OCCURRENCE: Lower Maastrichtian; float, presumably from basal 3 m of Navesink Formation, Big Brook , near Marlboro , New Jersey ; Coon Creek Tongue of Ripley Formation in Mississippi , and correlatives in Alabama and Georgia; and Nacatoch Sand in Arkansas .

Nostoceras (Nostoceras) pauper (Whitfield, 1892) Figure 8A–H

Turrilites pauper Whitfield, 1892: 268 , pl. 45, figs. 1–5.

Turrilites pauper Whitfield, Weller, 1907: 834 , pl. 108, figs. 1–4.

Turrilites pauper Whitfield, Grabau and Shimer, 1910: 211 , figs. 1484, 1485.

Nostoceras pauper (Whitfield) View in CoL , Cobban, 1974a: 12, pl. 9, figs. 1–22, text fig. 10.

Nostoceras (Nostoceras) pauper (Whitfield, 1892) , Kennedy and Cobban, 1993: 420, fig. 7.5–7.7, 7.16–7.18, 7.24.

HOLOTYPE: The holotype, by monotypy, is NJSM 7659 View Materials from the Navesink Formation, New Jersey, the original of Whitfield , 1892: pl. 45, figs. 1–5.

DISCUSSION: Several additional specimens supplement those already described by Cobban (1947a). New specimens include both the spiral portions of the shell (fig. 8A–F) and the uncoiled body chamber (fig. 8G, H). They are all characterized by coarse ribs and two rows of tubercles, one at mid­flank and the other at the base of the outer whorl face. Differences between Nostoceras (N.) pauper and other species of the genus are discussed by Kennedy and Cobban (1993).

OCCURRENCE: Upper Campanian; lower phosphatic layer of Navesink Formation, Atlantic Highlands ; float, presumably from basal Navesink Formation, Ramanessin Brook, Holmdel: and Big Brook, Marlboro , Monmouth County, New Jersey . Outside New Jersey , this species is known from the basal Saratoga Chalk , southwestern Arkansas .

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

ANSP

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

NJSM

New Jersey State Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Cephalopoda

Family

Pachydiscidae

Genus

Pachydiscus

Loc

Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus neubergicus (Hauer, 1858)

KENNEDY, W. J., LANDMAN, N. H., COBBAN, W. A. & JOHNSON, R. O. 2000
2000
Loc

Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus (von Hauer, 1858)

Odin 1996
1996
Loc

Nostoceras (Nostoceras) pozaryskii Błaszkiewicz, 1980: 26

Blaszkiewicz 1980: 26
1980
Loc

N. stantoni

Hyatt, Cobban 1974: 12
1974
Loc

Nostoceras hyatti

Stephenson, Cobban 1974: 10
1974
Loc

Nostoceras stantoni serratum

Collignon 1971: 12
1971
Loc

Nostoceras stantoni

Hyatt, Stephenson 1941: 407
1941
Loc

Nostoceras stantoni aberrans

Hyatt, Stephenson 1941: 409
1941
Loc

Nostoceras hyatti

Stephenson 1941: 410
1941
Loc

Nostoceras (Nostoceras) hyatti

Stephenson 1941
1941
Loc

Nostoceras stantoni

Hyatt, Roman 1938: 445
1938
Loc

Turrilites pauper

Whitfield, Grabau and Shimer 1910: 211
1910
Loc

Turrilites pauper

Whitfield, Weller 1907: 834
1907
Loc

Nostoceras stantoni

Hyatt 1894: 570
1894
Loc

Nostoceras stantoni aberrans

Hyatt 1894: 572
1894
Loc

Nostoceras stantoni retrorsum

Hyatt 1894: 579
1894
Loc

Nostoceras stantoni prematurum

Hyatt 1894: 572
1894
Loc

Nostoceras stantoni retrorsum

Hyatt 1894
1894
Loc

Nostoceras

Hyatt 1894
1894
Loc

Turrilites pauper

Whitfield 1892: 268
1892
Loc

Turrilites spinifera

Conrad, Gabb 1861: 92
1861
Loc

Turrilites alternatus

Tuomey, Gabb 1861: 91
1861
Loc

Ancyloceras approximans

Conrad, Conrad 1860
1860
Loc

Turrilites spinifera

Conrad 1860: 284
1860
Loc

neubergicus

Hauer 1858: 12
1858
Loc

Ancyloceras approximans

Conrad 1855: 266
1855
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