Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Alternative combination: Mosasaurus hoffmanni
Synonyms: Mosasaurus belgicus Holl 1829, Mosasaurus camperi Meyer 1832, Mosasaurus fulciatus Cope 1870, Mosasaurus maximus Cope 1869, Mosasaurus oarthrus Cope 1870, Mosasaurus princeps Marsh 1869
Belongs to Mosasaurus according to Z. Boles et al. 2024
See also Cope 1869, Cope 1870, Coues 1862, Driscoll et al. 2019, Fanti et al. 2014, Gallagher et al. 2005, Gervais 1859, Gibbes 1851, Harrell and Martin 2015, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Holl 1829, Jiménez-Huidobro et al. 2019, Lingham-Soliar 1995, Marsh 1869, Mateus et al. 2012, Owen 1842, Perrier 1928, Quenstedt 1856, Russell 1967, Schröder 1885, Street and Caldwell 2017 and Swinton 1934
Sister taxa: Mosasaurus beaugei, Mosasaurus caroliniensis, Mosasaurus conodon, Mosasaurus couperi, Mosasaurus dekayi, Mosasaurus depressus, Mosasaurus flemingi, Mosasaurus gaudryi, Mosasaurus gracilis, Mosasaurus grosjeani, Mosasaurus hobetsuensis, 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 hoffmannii: MNHN AC 9648, a skull (Partial cranium). Its type locality is ENCI-Maastricht B.V. quarry (Nekum), which is in a Maastrichtian shallow subtidal chalk in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands.
- Mosasaurus belgicus:
- Mosasaurus camperi:
- Mosasaurus fulciatus:
- Mosasaurus maximus: AMNH 1389, a partial skeleton.
- Mosasaurus oarthrus: Its type locality is West Jersey Marl Company's Pit, Barnsboro (New Egypt), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone/marl in the New Egypt Formation of New Jersey.
- Mosasaurus princeps: Its type locality is Hornerstown area (Hornerstown Fm., YPM collection) (PROXY), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Belgium (2), Bulgaria (1), Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (1), Italy (2), Jordan (1), the Netherlands (2), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Türkiye (1), United States (16: Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 37 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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