Mosasaurs of the Lopez de Bertodano Formation (Cretaceous of Antarctica)
Where: Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.8° W: paleocoordinates 62.5° S, 67.5° W)
When: López de Bertodano Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone and mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. W. A. Mulder. 1999. Transatlantic latest Cretaceous mosasaurs (Reptilia, Lacertilia) from the Maastrichtian type area and New Jersey. Geologie en Mijnbouw 78:281-300 [M. Uhen/C. Shaffer]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 215568: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Coleman Shaffer on 15.11.2020, edited by Tomas Edwards
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Taxonomic list
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| Reptilia | |
Mosasaurinae indet., "Leiodon sp." = Prognathodon, Mosasaurus sp., "aff. Mosasaurus hoffmanni" = Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Moanasaurus sp., Plioplatecarpus sp., Tylosaurinae sp., Kaikaifilu hervei, Hainosaurus sp.
Mosasaurinae indet. Gervais 1853 mosasaur DJ.957.133, 18 partially articulated caudal vertebrae, four of which possess transverse process, and DJ.957.505 a caudal vertebra
Mosasaurus sp. Parkinson 1822 mosasaur DJ.1020.2-A, DJ.1020.2-B and DJ.1053.14- A, teeth; MLP 83-X-12-2, a caudal vertebra; MLP 92-XII-30, skull fragments including one tooth and a relatively short, and medially constricted suprastapedial process of the quadrate
"aff. Mosasaurus hoffmanni" = Mosasaurus hoffmannii Mantell 1829 mosasaur DJ.1053.10, a large, fragmentary skull
Moanasaurus sp. Wiffen 1980 mosasaur
Kaikaifilu hervei Otero et al. 2017 mosasaur
Hainosaurus sp. Dollo 1885 mosasaur | |
"Mosasauria indet." = Mosasauroidea
"Mosasauria indet." = Mosasauroidea squamates | |