Severn Formation
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The Severn Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in Maryland. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Paleofauna[]
- Coelosaurus antiquus
- Hadrosauridae indet.
- Halisaurus platyspondylus[2]
- Deinosuchus rugosus
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Footnotes[]
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Holmes, Robert B.; Sues, Hans-Dieter (2000). "A Partial Skeleton of the Basal Mosasaur Halisaurus platyspondylus from the Severn Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian) of Maryland". Journal of Paleontology. 74 (2): 309–316. JSTOR 1306908.
References[]
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
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- Maastrichtian Stage of North America
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