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Mosasaurus conodon
Taxonomy
Clidastes conodon was named by Cope (1881). Its type specimen is AMNH 1380 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is near Freehold, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Navesink Formation of New Jersey.
It was recombined as Mosasaurus conodon by Baird and Case (1966), Russell (1967), Fanti et al. (2014), Ikejiri and Lucas (2015) and Driscoll et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Mosasaurus conodon by Baird and Case (1966), Russell (1967), Fanti et al. (2014), Ikejiri and Lucas (2015) and Driscoll et al. (2019).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1881 | Clidastes conodon Cope p. 587–588 |
| 1902 | Clidastes conodon Hay p. 467 |
| 1930 | Clidastes conodon Hay p. 263 |
| 1966 | Mosasaurus conodon Baird and Case |
| 1967 | Mosasaurus conodon Russell p. 132 |
| 2014 | Mosasaurus conodon Fanti et al. |
| 2015 | Mosasaurus conodon Ikejiri and Lucas |
| 2019 | Mosasaurus conodon Driscoll 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 conodon Cope 1881
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Gervais 1852 | |||||
Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 72.10000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Mosasaurus conodon (233379) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Colorado) | Mosasaurus conodon (232420 233378) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Mosasaurus conodon (23368) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Mosasaurus conodon (221052) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Clidastes conodon (155702) Mosasaurus conodon (78124 99138) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Maryland) | Mosasaurus conodon (27563) |