Cimoliasaurus magnus Leidy, 1851

Remarks

• Collector:    Tony Fabian
• Formation:  Monmouth Group, Navesink Formation
• Location:     Monmuth County, New Jersey

This long bone and vertebrae were provided by Lynn Harrell, Jr. of the Memphis Pink Palace Museum.  Strat and Locale:  Ripley Formation, Coon Creek Tongue, Decatur, Tennessee.

General Info

Synonyms

• 1851 Cimoliasaurus magnus Leidy

• 1906 Cimoliasaurus magnus Leidy; Williston

• 1955 Cimoliasaurus sp. Miller

• 1974 Cimoliasaurus magnus Leidy, Parris

• 1974 ? Cimoliasaurus sp. Leidy; Parris

• 1992 Cimoliasaurus magnus Leidy; Case

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Monmouth Group, Navesink Formation of New Jersey

• Ripley Formation, Coon Creek Tongue of Tennessee

Age

• Cimoliasaurus is a typical Upper Campanian–Maastrichtian pliosaur found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States.

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Burlington County, NJ

• Decatur County, TN

• Gloucester County, NJ

• Monmouth County, NJ

Remarks

        For references on Cimoliasaurus, see:

• Parris, D. C. Additional Records of Plesiosaurs From the Cretaceous of New Jersey.  Journal of Paleontology 48 (1), 32–35.
• Williston, S. W.  1906.  North American Plesiosaurs:  Elasmosaurus, Cimoliasaurus, Polycotylus.  American Journal of Science, 4th Series, Article 16 21 (123), 221–234.