Mosasaurus giganteus
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel, 1874
Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812
Classe: Reptilia Laurenti, 1768
Ordine: Squamata Oppel, 1811
Famiglia: Mosasauridae Gervais, 1853
Genere: Mosasaurus Conybeare, 1882
Specie e sottospecie
Il genere annovera attualmente le seguenti specie: Mosasaurus missouriensis Harlan, 1834 - Mosasaurus beaugei Arambourg, 1952 - Mosasaurus conodon Cope, 1881 - Mosasaurus hoffmannii Harlan, 1834 - Mosasaurus lemonnieri Dollo, 1889.
Descrizione
L aspecie non è riconosciuta.
Bibliografia
–James G. Ogg; Linda A. Hinnov (2012), "Cretaceous", in Felix M. Gradstein; James G. Ogg; Mark D. Schmitz; Gabi M. Ogg (eds.), The Geologic Time Scale, Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 793-853.
–William 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.
–William B. Gallagher (1984). "Paleoecology of the Delaware Valley region, Part II: Cretaceous to Quaternary". The Mosasaur. 2 (1): 9-43.
–Christian C. Obasi; Dennis O. Terry Jr.; George H. Myer; David E. Grandstaff (2011). "Glauconite Composition and Morphology, Shocked Quartz, and the Origin of the Cretaceous(?) Main Fossiliferous Layer (MFL) in Southern New Jersey, U.S.A.". Journal of Sedimentary Research. 81 (1): 479-494.
–Hallie P. Street; Michael W. Caldwell (2017). "Rediagnosis and redescription of Mosasaurus hoffmannii (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and an assessment of species assigned to the genus Mosasaurus". Geological Magazine. 154 (3): 521-557.
–Joseph Leidy (1864). Cretaceous Reptiles of the United States. Vol. 14. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. pp. 30-120.
–T. Lynn Harrell Jr.; James E. Martin (2014). "A mosasaur from the Maastrichtian Fox Hills Formation of the northern Western Interior Seaway of the United States and the synonymy of Mosasaurus maximus with Mosasaurus hoffmanni (Reptilia: Mosasauridae)". Netherlands Journal of Geosciences. 94 (1): 23-37.
–Michael W. Caldwell; Gorden L. Bell Jr. (2005). "Of German princes and North American rivers: Harlan's lost mosasaur snout rediscovered". Netherlands Journal of Geosciences. 84 (3): 207-211.
–Takuya Konishi; Michael Newbrey; Michael Caldwell (2014). "A small, exquisitely preserved specimen of Mosasaurus missouriensis (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the upper Campanian of the Bearpaw Formation, western Canada, and the first stomach contents for the genus". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (4): 802-819.
–Takehito Ikejiri; Spencer G. Lucas (2014). "Osteology and taxonomy of Mosasaurus conodon Cope 1881 from the Late Cretaceous of North America". Netherlands Journal of Geosciences. 94 (1): 39-54.
–Martinus van Marum (1790). "Beschrijving der beenderen van den kop van eenen visch, gevonden in den St Pietersberg bij Maastricht, en geplaatst in Teylers Museum" [Description of the bones of the head of a fish, found in the St Pietersberg near Maastricht, and placed in Teylers Museum]. Verhandelingen Teylers Tweede Genootschap (in Dutch). 9: 383-389.
–Mike Everhart (May 14, 2010). "Mosasaurus hoffmanni-The First Discovery of a Mosasaur?". Oceans of Kansas.
–Eric Mulder (2004). "Maastricht Cretaceous finds and Dutch pioneers in vertebrate palaeontology". In Jacques L. R. Touret; Robert P. W. Visser (eds.). Dutch Pioneers of the Earth Sciences. Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. pp. 165-176.
–Florence F. J. M. Pieters; Peggy G. W. Rompen; John W. M. Jagt; Nathalie Bardet (2012). "A new look at Faujas de Saint-Fond's fantastic story on the provenance and acquisition of the type specimen of Mosasaurus hoffmanni Mantell, 1829". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 183 (1): 55-65.
–Vikkie Bartholomeus (September 21, 2015). "Datum vondst mosasaurus ontdekt: in oktober 1778" [Date of mosasaur discovered: in October 1778]. 1Limburg (in Dutch).
–Petrus Camper (1786). "Conjectures relative to the petrifactions found in St. Peter's Mountain near Maestricht". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 76 (2): 443-456.
–Florence F. J. M. Pieters (2009). "Natural history spoils in the Low Countries in 1794/95: the looting of the fossil Mosasaurus from Maastricht and the removal of the cabinet and menagerie of stadholder William V" (PDF). In Ellinoor Bergvelt; Debora J. Meijers; Lieske Tibbe; Elsa van Wezel (eds.). Napoleon's Legacy: The Rise of National Museums in Europe, 1794-1830. Berlin: G+H Verlag. pp. 55-72.
–Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1799). "Tête du crocodile" [Crocodile head]. Histoire naturelle de la montagne de Saint-Pierre de Maestricht [Natural history of the Mount Saint Peter of Maestricht] (in French). Paris: H. J. Jansen. pp. 59-67.
–Adriaan Gilles Camper (1800). "Sur les ossements fossiles de la montagne de St. Pierre, à Maëstricht" [On the fossil bones of the Saint Peter mountain, in Maastricht]. Journal de Physique, de Chimie d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts. 51: 278-291.
–Georges Cuvier (1808). "Sur le grand animal fossile des carrières de Maestricht" [On the great fossil animal of the quarries of Maastricht]. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle (in French). 12: 145-176.
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Data: 29/01/2022
Emissione: Animali preistorici acquatici Stato: Central African Republic Nota: Non ufficiale |
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