mosasaur: Late/Upper Cretaceous, New Jersey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey |
| Coordinates: | 40.4° North, 74.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.0° North, 41.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5-8 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandy not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 123917 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Shalap |
| Modifier: | M. Shalap | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-02-02 07:23:48 | Last modified: | 2012-03-05 15:36:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-02 07:23:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 39857. | 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 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap] |