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Mosasaurus missouriensis

Reptilia - Mosasauridae

Taxonomy
Ichthyosaurus missouriensis was named by Harlan (1834). Its type specimen is MNHN 9587; RFWUIP 1327, a partial skull (rostrum), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mosasaurus missuriensis by Cope (1869); it was recombined as Mosasaurus missouriensis by Leidy (1857), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Russell (1967), Thurmond (1969), Caldwell and Bell (2005), Konishi et al. (2014), Fanti et al. (2014), Driscoll et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. anceps

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Ichthyosaurus missouriensis Harlan
1845Mosasaurus maximilliani Goldfuss p. 179
1845Mosasaurus neovidii von Meyer p. 312
1851Mosasaurus maximilliani Gibbes p. 4
1857Mosasaurus missouriensis Leidy p. 90
1869Mosasaurus missuriensis Cope p. 261
1869Mosasaurus maximilliani Seeley p. 3
1902Mosasaurus missouriensis Hay p. 466
1930Mosasaurus missouriensis Hay p. 262
1967Mosasaurus missouriensis Russell p. 122
1969Mosasaurus missouriensis Thurmond p. 70
2005Mosasaurus missouriensis Caldwell and Bell p. 209 figs. Fig. 2
2014Mosasaurus missouriensis Fanti et al.
2014Mosasaurus missouriensis Konishi et al.
2019Mosasaurus missouriensis Driscoll et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
familyMosasauridae
subfamilyMosasaurinaeGervais 1853
genusMosasaurus
speciesmissouriensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Mosasaurus missouriensis Harlan 1834
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Invalid names: Mosasaurus maximilliani Goldfuss 1845 [synonym], Mosasaurus neovidii von Meyer 1845 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Reproduction: ovoviviparousf
Created: 2018-01-05 16:32:54
Modified: 2018-01-05 16:32:54
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Gervais 1852, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Dakota) Mosasaurus missouriensis (107711 107779)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Mosasaurus missouriensis (106184)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Mosasaurus missouriensis (119088)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Mosasaurus missouriensis (107718)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Dakota) Mosasaurus missouriensis (type locality: 107704)