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Mosasaurus gracilis

Reptilia - Mosasauridae

Taxonomy
Mosasaurus gracilis was named by Owen (1850). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Offham chalk pit, which is in a Cenomanian/Maastrichtian marine chalk in the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. anceps

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Mosasaurus gracilis Dixon p. 380
1850Mosasaurus gracilis Owen p. 380–381
1851Mosasaurus gracilis Owen
1869Mosasaurus gracilis Cope p. 262
1869Mosasaurus gracilis Seeley p. 3

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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
speciesgracilis

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 gracilis Owen 1850
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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: Carroll 1988, Gervais 1852, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Mosasaurus gracilis (92427)
Cenomanian - Maastrichtian100.5 - 66.0United Kingdom (England) Mosasaurus gracilis (type locality: 137419)