Aalborg mosasaur chalk pit: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Denmark
collected by MGUH 1960'

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Mosasaurus cf. hoffmanni (Mantell 1829)
original and current combination Mosasaurus hoffmannii
MGUH 27472 (marginal tooth crown)
see common names

Geography
Country:Denmark
Coordinates: 57.0° North, 9.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.5° North, 8.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Early/Lower Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Danish White Chalk
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: chalk
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:MGUH Collection dates:1960's
Collection method comments: Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen
Taxonomic list comments:Tooth originally illustrated by Rasmussen (1966, p. 55). Subsequently, these three teeth have also appeared in papers by Rasmussen (1967, fig. 121.3) and Bonde (1997a, b). Rasmussen (1967) identified them as belonging to the genus Mosasaurus, whereas Bonde (1997a, b) was more specific in his assignment and concluded that at least MGUH 27472 could be assigned to one of the larger mosasaurs of all time, Mosasaurus hoffmanni.
Metadata
Also known as:Alborg
Database number:140266
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-03-06 22:30:08 Last modified:2013-03-06 05:30:08
Access level:the public Released:2013-03-06 22:30:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

45343. J. Lindgren and J. W. M. Jagt. 2005. Danish mosasaurs. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):315-320 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]