Mosasaurus maximus Cope, 1869

Remarks

• Caudal Vertebra
• Collector:    Tony Fabian
• Formation:  Monmouth Group, Navesink Fm
• Location:     Monmouth County, NJ

Remarks

• Root Base
• Collector:    Tony Fabian
• Formation:  Monmouth Group, Navesink Fm
• Location:     Monmouth County, NJ

Remarks

• Massive Tooth
• Collector:    Ken Harber
• Formation:  Monmouth Group, Navesink Fm
• Location:     Monmouth County, NJ

General Info

Synonyms (general list of reports)

• 1834 Mosasaurus sp. Morton (in part)

• 1865 Mosasaurus mitchilli Leidy (in part)

• 1869 Mosasaurus maximus Cope

• 1869 Mosasaurus princeps Marsh

• 1869 Mosasaurus fulciatus Cope

• 1869 Mosasaurus oarthrus Cope

• 1900 Mosasaurus maximus Cope; Whitfield

• 1926 Mosasaurus sp.; Gilmore

• 1967 Mosasaurus maximus Cope; Russell

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Coon Creek Tongue of the Ripley Formation of Tennessee

• Monmouth Group, Navesink Formation of New Jersey

• Navarro Group (Formation not given) of Texas

Age

• Mosasaurus maximus Cope is Maastrichtian in age, and probably survived right up to the end of the Cretaceous Period (~69–65 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Gloucester County, NJ

• McNairy County, TN

• Monmouth County, NJ

• Texas (county ??)

Remarks

       For more information, see:

• Russell, D. A.  1967.  Systematics and Morphology of American Mosasaurs.  Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University Bulletin 23, 138–141.