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Mosasaurus depressus

Reptilia - Mosasauridae

Taxonomy
Mosasaurus depressus was named by Cope (1869) [exact location of type specimen not recorded beyond "from Bulington Co., N.J." (Cope, 1869-1870, p. 196); from the Navesink Formation of New Jersey]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pemberton Marl Company pit (Hornerstown), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey.

It was recombined as Plioplatecarpus depressus by Russell (1967), Driscoll et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. anceps

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Mosasaurus depressus Cope p. 16
1869Mosasaurus copeanus Marsh pp. 393-395
1869Halisaurus fraternus Marsh p. 397
1870Mosasaurus depressus Cope p. 196
1870Baptosaurus fraternus Cope p. 210
1902Mosasaurus copeanus Hay p. 465
1902Mosasaurus depressus Hay p. 465
1902Baptosaurus fraternus Hay p. 468
1930Mosasaurus copeanus Hay p. 262
1930Mosasaurus depressus Hay p. 262
1930Baptosaurus fraternus Hay p. 264
1967Plioplatecarpus depressus Russell p. 160
2019Plioplatecarpus depressus Driscoll et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
familyMosasauridae
subfamilyMosasaurinaeGervais 1853
genusMosasaurus
speciesdepressusCope 1869

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 depressus Cope 1869
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Invalid names: Halisaurus fraternus Marsh 1869 [synonym], Mosasaurus copeanus Marsh 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
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, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Gervais 1852

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Plioplatecarpus depressus (7515)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Mosasaurus depressus (type locality: 87902) Plioplatecarpus depressus (215567)