Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Synonyms: Mosasaurus major DeKay 1842, Mosasaurus meirsii Marsh 1869, Mosasaurus miersii Marsh 1869
Belongs to Mosasaurus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Gallagher 2005, Gibbes 1851, Hay 1902, Marsh 1869 and Russell 1967
Sister taxa: Mosasaurus beaugei, Mosasaurus caroliniensis, Mosasaurus conodon, Mosasaurus couperi, Mosasaurus depressus, Mosasaurus flemingi, Mosasaurus gaudryi, Mosasaurus gracilis, Mosasaurus grosjeani, Mosasaurus hobetsuensis, Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Mosasaurus horridus, Mosasaurus impar, Mosasaurus ivoensis, Mosasaurus lemonnieri, Mosasaurus lonzeensis, Mosasaurus minor, Mosasaurus missouriensis, Mosasaurus mokoroa, Mosasaurus occidentalis, Mosasaurus prismaticus, Mosasaurus reversus, Mosasaurus scanicus, Nectoportheus validus, Amphekepubis johnsoni, Macrosaurus validus, Macrosaurus laevis
Type specimens:
- Mosasaurus dekayi: Its type locality is Sandy Hook, Atlantic Highlands, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Navesink Formation of New Jersey
- Mosasaurus major:
- Mosasaurus meirsii: Its type locality is Hornerstown area (Hornerstown Fm.) (PROXY), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (8: Maryland, New Jersey, North Dakota collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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