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
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Mosasaurus cf. hoffmanni
(Mantell 1829)
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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] |