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Mosasaurus hoffmannii
Taxonomy
Mosasaurus hoffmannii was named by Mantell (1829). Its type specimen is MNHN AC 9648, a skull (Partial cranium), and it is a 3D body fossil. 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.
It was synonymized subjectively with Mosasaurus giganteus by Cope (1869).
It was synonymized subjectively with Mosasaurus giganteus by Cope (1869).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1829 | Mosasaurus belgicus Holl p. 84 |
1829 | Mosasaurus hoffmannii Mantell |
1832 | Mosasaurus camperi Meyer |
1842 | Mosasaurus hoffmannii Owen p. 144 |
1851 | Mosasaurus hoffmannii Gibbes p. 4 |
1856 | Mosasaurus hoffmannii Quenstedt p. 133 |
1859 | Mosasaurus camperi Gervais p. 461 |
1869 | Mosasaurus maximus Cope p. 262 |
1869 | Mosasaurus princeps Marsh pp. 392-393 |
1870 | Mosasaurus maximus Cope p. 189 |
1870 | Mosasaurus fulciatus Cope pp. 194-195 |
1870 | Mosasaurus oarthrus Cope p. 196 |
1885 | Mosasaurus camperi Schröder p. 324 |
1902 | Mosasaurus belgicus Hay p. 464 |
1902 | Mosasaurus fulciatus Hay p. 465 |
1902 | Mosasaurus maximus Hay p. 466 |
1902 | Mosasaurus oarthrus Hay p. 466 |
1902 | Mosasaurus princeps Hay p. 466 |
1928 | Mosasaurus camperi Perrier p. 3091 |
1930 | Mosasaurus belgicus Hay p. 261 |
1930 | Mosasaurus fulciatus Hay p. 262 |
1930 | Mosasaurus maximus Hay p. 262 |
1930 | Mosasaurus oarthrus Hay p. 262 |
1930 | Mosasaurus princeps Hay p. 262 |
1934 | Mosasaurus camperi Swinton p. 18 |
1967 | Mosasaurus hoffmannii Russell p. 122 |
1967 | Mosasaurus maximus Russell p. 122 |
1995 | Mosasaurus hoffmannii Lingham-Soliar |
2005 | Mosasaurus hoffmannii Gallagher et al. |
2012 | Mosasaurus hoffmannii Mateus et al. |
2014 | Mosasaurus hoffmannii Fanti et al. |
2017 | Mosasaurus hoffmannii Street and Caldwell p. 524 |
2019 | Mosasaurus hoffmannii Driscoll et al. |
2019 | Mosasaurus hoffmanni Jiménez-Huidobro et al. |
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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 hoffmannii Mantell 1829
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Invalid names: Mosasaurus belgicus Holl 1829 [synonym], Mosasaurus camperi Meyer 1832 [synonym], Mosasaurus maximus Cope 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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H. P. Street and M. W. Caldwell 2017 | Quadrate tympanic rim with additional anteroventral corner; maxillary tooth count = 13; dentary tooth count = 14; pterygoid tooth count = 8; marginal teeth carinae asymmetric anteri- orly with lingual circumference greater than labial; cer- vical vertebra transverse processes elongate with little ventral buttressing; femur greatly expanded medially and distally with articular surfaces nearly perpendicu- lar; internal trochanter robust and offset. |