Species
Valid Extinct

Phosphorosaurus ortliebi

(Dollo 1889)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
Classification
Mosasauridae Family
Halisaurinae Unranked clade
Halisaurini Unranked clade
Phosphorosaurus Genus
Phosphorosaurus ortliebi Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇪 Belgium
1
Geological formations
Craie de Ciply
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
J. Lindgren and M. Siverson. 2005. Halisaurus sternbergi, a small mosasaur with an intercontinental distribution. Journal of Paleontology 79(4):763-773 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. W. M. Jagt, N. Motchurova-Dekova, and P. Ivanov, H. Capetta, A. S. Schulp. 2006. Latest Cretaceous mosasaurs and lamniform sharks from Labirinta cave, Vratsa district (northwest Bulgaria): a preliminary note. Annales Geologiques de la Peninsule Balkanique 67:51-63 DOI ↗