Genus: Hypsognathus GILMORE, 1928
Etymology: Greek, hypsos, “high”, Greek, gnathos, “jaw”, + us: High jaw.

Species: fenneri GILMORE, 1928
Etymology:

Holotype: USNM 11643

Locality: From an underpass at the intersection of Broad Street and the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad in Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey.

Horizon: Brunswick Formation, Newark Supergroup.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Carnian Stage, Early Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.

Referred material:

COLBERT, 1946

Locality: From a quarry on the western boundary between Clifton and Passaic County, New Jersey.

Horizon: Brunswick Formation, Newark Supergroup.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Carnian Stage, Early Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

AMNH 1676: A partial skeleton, containing the following elements, skull and mandible, 21 presacral vertebrae, 20 of these in a series, 12 left ribs, 15 right ribs, right scapula, humerus, radius, and ulna, manus, part of left manus and some isolated carpals.

AMNH 1677: A partial skull with the palatal and quadrate regions exposed.

AMNH 1678: Premaxillary-maxillary region with teeth, various isolated bone fragments, no numbers.

 

BAIRD, 1986

Locality: Found in the excavation from a new high school in Glen Rock, Northeast of Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey.

Horizon: Passaic Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Triassic.

Material:

AMNH 5499: Pectoral girdle and forelimb.

 


Locality: Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut.

Horizon: Passaic Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Triassic.

Material:

YPM: Skull and fragmentary skeleton.

 


Locality: Corner of Brook and Ridge Streets in Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey.

Horizon: Passaic Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Triassic.

Material:

PU 21752: Fragmentary skull.

 


Locality: Nova Scotia Province, Canada.

Horizon: Upper Wolfville Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Carnian, lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

AMNH:

 

OLSEN, SUES, RAINFORTH, HARTLINE & SZAJNA, 1998, SUES, OLSEN, SCOTT & SPENCER, 2000

Locality: Newark rift Basin, Southern Pennsylvania.

Horizon: Passaic Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Triassic-Jurassic boundary.

Material:

YPM 55831: Partial well preserved skull.

 

SUES, BAIRD & OLSEN, 1997, SUES, OLSEN, SCOTT & SPENCER, 2000

Locality: Localty A, Medford Cliff outcrops, Nova Scotia Province, Canada.

Horizon: Red Head MEmber, Blomidon Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Norian, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

NSM 998GF45.1: Skull and mandible of a juvenile.