List of mosasaur-bearing stratigraphic units

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This is a list of stratigraphic units from which mosasaur body fossils have been recovered. Units listed are all either formation rank or higher (e.g. group). Formations are listed by continent, and alphabetically within the individual lists.

Africa[]

Name Age Location Genera and species
Turonian
  • Tethysaurus nopcsai
Bentiaba River[1] Maastrichtian
[5] Maastrichtian
Dukamaje Formation[6] Maastrichtian
[8] Maastrichtian
[10] Maastrichtian
Lapurr Sandstone Campanian-Maastrichtian Mosasauria indet.[11]
Ouled Abdoun Basin[8] Maastrichtian
Itombe Formation[16] Coniacian
[17] Santonian

Antarctica[]

Name Age Location Genera and species
Santa Marta Formation[18] Late Campanian
  • Taniwhasaurus antarcticus[18]
Snow Hill Island Formation[19] Maastrichtian

Asia[]

Name Age Location Genera and species
Adaffa Formation[20] Early Campanian
Amminadav Formation[21] Early Cenomanian
  • Haasiasaurus gittelmani[21]
[22] Late Maastrichtian
  • Mosasaurus hoffmannii[22]
Hakobuchi Formation Early Maastrichtian
[23] Late Campanian - Maastrichtian
[25] Late Santonian
Mishash Formation[26] Campanian
  • Prognathodon curii[26]
[27] Maastrichtian
[28] Maastrichtian
Syria (various localities)[30] Late Campanian

Europe[]

Name Age Location Genera and species
Ahlen Formation[31] Late Campanian
[32] Cretaceous
  • Mosasaurus hoffmannii[32]
[33] Late Maastrichtian
[34] Maastrichtian
[35] Campanian
Chalk Group[36] Cenomanian
  • "Mosasaurus" gracilis[36]
[8] Maastrichtian
[38] Late Campanian
[39] Late Campanian
[40] Maastrichtian
[41] Santonian
[42] Late Campanian - Maastrichtian
Grünsandstein Formation[44] Cenomanian
[45] Late Maastrichtian
Kristianstad Basin[46] Santonian - Maastrichtian
Lagerdorf Formation[51] Late Santonian
Maastricht Formation[52] Maastrichtian
Nay Marls Formation[8] Early Campanian - Late Maastrichtian
[53] Late Campanian - Late Maastrichtian
Polunino[54] Late Campanian Volgograd Oblast
[55] Late Maastrichtian
Rybushka Formation[56] Early Campanian Saratov Oblast
[57] Late Campanian - Maastrichtian
[58] Early Turonian
Trevino[59] Maastrichtian
[60] Late Campanian
[48] Santonian - Maastrichtian

North America[]

Name Age Location Genera and species
[62] Middle Turonian Texas
  • Russellosaurus coheni[62]
Bearpaw Shale Formation[63] Late Campanian Alberta, Saskatchewan

Montana

Black Creek Group[67] Campanian North Carolina
Blufftown Formation[68] Campanian Georgia
Cerro del Pueblo Formation[69] Late Campanian
Eutaw Formation[70] Early Campanian Alabama, Mississippi
Hornerstown Formation[71] Maastrichtian New Jersey
[74] Middle Turonian Texas
  • Dallasaurus turneri[74]
[75] Campanian Colorado
  • Prognathodon overtoni[75]
[76] Early Campanian Colorado
  • Prognathodon stadtmani[76]
Marshalltown Formation[77] Middle Campanian New Jersey
Merchantville Formation[78] Early Campanian - Maastrichtian New Jersey, Delaware
[81] Campanian Wyoming
Mooreville Chalk Formation[83] Late Santonian Alabama
Moreno Formation[85] Maastrichtian California
  • Plesiotylosaurus crassidens[85]
  • Plotosaurus tuckeri[86]
  • Plotosaurus bennisoni[87]
Mount Laurel Formation[88] Maastrichtian New Jersey, Delaware
Navesink Formation[89] Maastrichtian New Jersey
New Egypt Formation[93] Late Maastrichtian New Jersey
Niobrara Formation[95] Coniacian - Campanian Kansas
  • Eonatator sternbergii[96]
  • Tylosaurus nepaeolicus
  • Tylosaurus proriger
  • Plesioplatecarpus planifrons
  • Platecarpus tympaniticus
  • Clidastes liodontus
  • Clidastes propython
Ojinaga Formation[97] Turonian
  • Tylosaurus kansasensis[97]
Owl Creek Formation[98] Late Maastrichtian Missouri
  • Mosasaurus hoffmannii[98]
Pen Formation[99] Middle Santonian Texas
Pender Formation[100] Late Santonian British Columbia
Pierre Shale Formation[101] Campanian Nebraska, South Dakota

Manitoba

Ripley Formation[107] Late Campanian Tennessee
[83] Santonian Alabama, Mississippi
Severn Formation[108] Maastrichtian Maryland
St. Mary River Formation[109] Campanian Alberta
Tar Heel Formation[110] Early Campanian North Carolina
Vermillion River Formation[111] Campanian Manitoba
Wolfe City Formation[112] Middle Campanian Texas
  • Mosasaurus missouriensis[112]
  • Globidens dakotensis[112]

Oceania[]

Name Age Location Genera and species
Conway Formation[113] Campanian
[114] Campanian - Maastrichtian
  • Prognathodon waiparaensis[114]
Miria Marl Formation[115] Maastrichtian
Molecap Greensand Formation[115] Cenomanian - Santonian
Tahora Formation[117] Campanian - Maastrichtian
  • Moanasaurus mangahouangae[117]

South America[]

Name Age Location Genera and species
Olini Group, [118] Campanian
Roca Formation[119] Maastrichtian
Brazil (various localities)[120] Late Turonian - Early Coniacian
La Frontera Formation[121] Late Turonian
[122] Santonian

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