Moreno Formation

Moreno Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian 70–66 Ma
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Type Geological formation
Location
Region California
Country United States

The Moreno Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Paleofauna

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
 Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs reported from the Moreno Formation
Genus Species Location Member Material Notes

Augustynolophus[2]

A. morrisi[2]

A saurolophine.[2]

Saurolophus[2]

S. morrisi[2]

Reclassified as Augustynolophus morrisi.[2]

Mosasaurs

Mosasaurids reported from the Moreno Formation
Genus Species Location Member Material Notes Images

Kolposaurus[3]

K. bennisoni[3]

The name Kolposaurus was preoccupied and its two constituent species moved to the new genus Plotosaurus.[3]
Plotosaurus

K. tuckeri[3]

Plesiotylosaurus[4]

P. crassidens[4]

Plotosaurus[3]

P. bennisoni[3]

P. tuckeri[3]

Plesiosaurs

Plesiosaurs reported from the Moreno Formation
Genus Species Location Member Material Notes

Aphrosaurus[5]

A. furlongi[5]

Fresnosaurus[6]

F. drescheri[6]

Hydrotherosaurus[5]

H. alexandrae[5]

Morenosaurus[6]

M. stocki[6]

Turtles

Testudines reported from the Moreno Formation
Genus Species Location Member Material Notes

Adocus

J. Howard Hutchison later referred the specimen originally identified as Adocus by to the genus Basilemys.[7]

Basilemys

Osteopygis[6]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Prieto-Márquez, Albert; Wagner, Jonathan R.; Bell, Phil R.; Chiappe, Luis M. (2014). "The late-surviving 'duck-billed' dinosaur Augustynolophus from the upper Maastrichtian of western North America and crest evolution in Saurolophini". Geological Magazine. 152: 225–241. doi:10.1017/S0016756814000284.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "4: The Marine Reptiles; Mosasaurs," in Hilton (2003) p. 107-110
  4. 1 2 "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 273
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 276
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 277
  7. ↑ "4: The Marine Reptiles; Turtles," in Hilton (2003) p. 114

References

  • Hilton, Richard P. 2003. Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. 318 pp.
  • 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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