Maruszów, Wisła River valley: Late/Upper Campanian, Poland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasaurus cf. hoffmanni
(Mantell 1829)
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| original and current combination Mosasaurus hoffmannii | ||||||||||
| ZPAL R. I/1–5 (fragmentary jaw and isolated tooth crowns from a single individual) - previously reported as Mosasaurus sp. by Sulimski (1968) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 51.1° North, 21.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.5° North, 20.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | Zone: | Nostoceras hyatti |
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Opoka | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: from Maruszów, west of the Wisła River valley sections | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic sandy,cherty/siliceous "limestone" |
| Lithology description: sandy glauconitic opoka | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 116896 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | ||
| Created: | 2011-09-13 22:58:20 | Last modified: | 2011-09-13 09:00:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-13 22:58:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37605. | M. Machalski, J. W. M. Jagt, R. W. Dortangs, E. W. A. Mulder, and A. Radwański. 2003. Campanian and Maastrichtian mosasaurid reptiles from central Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(3):397-408 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Uhen] |