Mosasaurus depressus

(Cope 1869)

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Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Mosasaures

Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial

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Classification

Mosasauridae Family

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Mosasaurinae Subfamily

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Mosasaurus Genus

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Mosasaurus depressus Species

Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States

Geological formations

Ripley

Hornerstown

Temporal distribution

Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)

Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)

Synonyms (2)

Halisaurus fraternus subjective synonym of Mosasaurus depressus

Mosasaurus copeanus subjective synonym of Mosasaurus depressus

Bibliography

Original description

D. A. Russell. 1967. Systematics and morphology of American mosasaurs (Reptilia, Sauria). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 23:1-252

Bibliography (2)

W. B. Gallagher. 1993. The Cretaceous/Tertiary mass extinction event in the North Atlantic coastal plain. The Mosasaur 5:75-154

J. X. Corgan. 1976. Vertebrate fossils of Tennessee. State of Tennessee Department of Conservation Division of Geology Bulletin 77:1-100