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Part II - State of New Jersey

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20 CRETACEOUS FOSS<strong>II</strong>ISRo?~ge o~rtat(le iVew Jerse!/-North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabalna, I\l~ssiss~pl~i, l'e~inrssee. Arkansas; rar~eties from Texas.T~pe.-Xew <strong>Jersey</strong>; ANSI' 2287.Turritella encrinoides Al~lorton 1834Plate 49, Figures 11, 12Z'io'ritello e~~oi~roiOes Morton, 1834: Synl~p. Org. Rt:111. Cret,. Gr. U. S.)1). 47, pl. 3, fig. 7.Trrrritelln e~~wii~oicles \Vhitfield, 1892, p. 143, ],I. 18, figs. 19-22.Z'1irrito1lu eiieri?~oides \Veller, 1907 (part), p. 691, pl. 'iS2fifigs. 10-13.4--'Ti~rrilelln e.~~oiiroirlcs Gardner, 1016, p. 492.--T~~rl.ite(li& c~~oiiloi(les \f7;~dc, 1926, 1). 160, PI. 66, fig. 4.Tarritellu eitcrinoirlcs Groot,, Organist and Ricli;~r(ls, 1954, 11. 50; pl. G?fig. 2.Deserip1io11.-Shell acutely angular, tht: angle <strong>of</strong>.tlivergenee <strong>of</strong> tl~csides being t111out 20'. Sutarc not strongly -imPl~sd, sitnated in anangular, ro~~n~lecl furrow; surface <strong>of</strong> the volutions llepressed convex,nearly flnt in t,he central portion and curving more abr~~ptly to tliesutnrcs above and helo~v. Surface n~arkeil by t,liree major rerolringcostae wl~ich are flattened on top; in ,arIclit,ion to t,lie majtr-cgztae-thereare lower, angular, rerolring ribs situated as follo\\;S, one betveen thelower suture and tlie first major costa, one bet~recn thc first anrl seeonrlcost,ael two bet,\reen the seeon11 tnnd third costae, and two I)et\reen thetl~ircl major costa ant1 the upper suture. ID. the casts the sutnres arerather close, especially l~etx~een the lower and larger volu~ijons; t,helorr.er ~~oln~bions nre more or less quaclrangn~lar in et.oss-section, the 1111-per ones being rouncler, due un(1onhtedly to tlie internal thickening <strong>of</strong>the sliell ~rit,h age. (\fTeller)Ron1ar1~s.--Casts <strong>of</strong> t,his species arc very similar to casts <strong>of</strong> 7'11rvitcllavortebroi(lcs Morton bnt can be clisting~~isl~eil from the latterspecies rrith mhieli they <strong>of</strong>ten are associateil I,? the "quadrangn!arcross-section <strong>of</strong> their larger volntions."Rrri~!/e o~rtsirle A-em <strong>Jersey</strong>-Delalvare. BIarylan(1, Tennessee.T!/pe.-Nelv <strong>Jersey</strong> ; ANSP 15.519.NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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