Severn Formation Locality C (Hampton Mall Shopping Center) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Loc. 3a of Brouwers and Hazel

Where: Prince George's County, Maryland (38.9° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 52.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Severn Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

• none given

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by G. C. Fonger, R. Johnson, T. A. Miller, & M. Smigaj; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: D. Baird. 1986. Upper Cretaceous reptiles from the Severn Formation of Maryland. The Mosasaur 3:63-85 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27564: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 11.12.2002, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
"Ornithomimus antiquus" = Coelosaurus antiquus
"Ornithomimus antiquus" = Coelosaurus antiquus Leidy 1865 ornithomimosaur
Miller coll.
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Thoracosaurus neocesariensis De Kay 1842 crocodilian
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852 mosasaur
caudal
cf. Mosasaurus dekayi Bronn 1838 mosasaur
MAPS A1229a
"Mosasaurus maximus" = Mosasaurus hoffmannii Mantell 1829 mosasaur
MAPS A1202c
Halisaurus platyspondylus Marsh 1869 mosasaur
Smigaj coll., cast PU 23627
 Testudines - Macrobaenidae
cf. Osteopygis emarginatus Cope 1868 turtle
Miller coll.
 Testudines - Pantrionychidae
cf. Trionyx priscus Cope 1869 turtle
Smigaj coll.
 Testudines - Pancheloniidae
Peritresius ornatus Leidy 1856 turtle
Miller, Fonger & Smigaj collns., MAPS A1203a