Species
Valid Extinct

Mosasaurus conodon

(Cope 1881)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
9
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
Classification
Mosasauridae Family
Mosasaurinae Subfamily
Mosasaurus Genus
Mosasaurus conodon Species
Fossil sites 9 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
8
🇨🇦 Canada
1
Geological formations
Navesink
4
Bearpaw Shale
2
Severn
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
4
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
5
Bibliography
Original description
E. D. Cope. 1881. A new Clidastes from New Jersey. American Naturalist 15:587-588
Bibliography (7)
T. Ikejiri and S. G. Lucas. 2015. Osteology and taxonomy of Mosasaurus conodon Cope 1881 from the Late Cretaceous of North America. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences —– Geologie en Mijnbouw 94(1):39-54 DOI ↗
W. R. Callahan, C. M. Mehling, and R. K. Denton Jr, D. C. Parris. 2014. Vertebrate Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Late Cretaceous Holmdel Park Site, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Dakoterra 6:163-169
W. B. Gallagher. 2005. Recent mosasaur discoveries from New Jersey and Delaware, USA: stratigraphy, taphonomy and implications for mosasaur extinction. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 84(3):241-245 DOI ↗
R. Holmes. 1996. Pliopletecarpus primaevus (Mosasauridae) from the Bearpaw Formation (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of the North American Western Interior Seaway. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(4):673-687 DOI ↗
D. Baird. 1986. Upper Cretaceous reptiles from the Severn Formation of Maryland. The Mosasaur 3:63-85
D. Baird and G. R. Case. 1966. Rare marine reptiles from the Cretaceous of New Jersey. Journal of Paleontology 40(5):1211-1215
E. D. Cope. 1881. A new Clidastes from New Jersey. American Naturalist 15:587-588