Moreno Formation

Moreno Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
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[3]

A saurolophine.[4]

Saurolophus[5]

S. morrisi[6]

Reclassified as Augustynolophus morrisi.[7]

Mosasaurs

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

Kolposaurus[8]

K. bennisoni[8]

The name Kolposaurus was preoccupied and its two constituent species moved to the new genus Plotosaurus.[8]
Plotosaurus

K. tuckeri[8]

Plesiotylosaurus[9]

P. crassidens[9]

Plotosaurus[8]

P. bennisoni[8]

P. tuckeri[8]

Plesiosaurs

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

Aphrosaurus[10]

A. furlongi[10]

Fresnosaurus[11]

F. drescheri[11]

Hydrotherosaurus[10]

H. alexandrae[10]

Morenosaurus[11]

M. stocki[11]

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.[12]

Basilemys

Osteopygis[11]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. ↑ Albert Prieto-Márquez, Jonathan R. Wagner, Phil R. Bell and Luis M. Chiappe, 2014, "The late-surviving ‘duck-billed’ dinosaur Augustynolophus from the upper Maastrichtian of western North America and crest evolution in Saurolophini", Geological Magazine DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0016756814000284
  3. ↑ Albert Prieto-Márquez, Jonathan R. Wagner, Phil R. Bell and Luis M. Chiappe, 2014, "The late-surviving ‘duck-billed’ dinosaur Augustynolophus from the upper Maastrichtian of western North America and crest evolution in Saurolophini", Geological Magazine DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0016756814000284
  4. ↑ Albert Prieto-Márquez, Jonathan R. Wagner, Phil R. Bell and Luis M. Chiappe, 2014, "The late-surviving ‘duck-billed’ dinosaur Augustynolophus from the upper Maastrichtian of western North America and crest evolution in Saurolophini", Geological Magazine DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0016756814000284
  5. ↑ Albert Prieto-Márquez, Jonathan R. Wagner, Phil R. Bell and Luis M. Chiappe, 2014, "The late-surviving ‘duck-billed’ dinosaur Augustynolophus from the upper Maastrichtian of western North America and crest evolution in Saurolophini", Geological Magazine DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0016756814000284
  6. ↑ Albert Prieto-Márquez, Jonathan R. Wagner, Phil R. Bell and Luis M. Chiappe, 2014, "The late-surviving ‘duck-billed’ dinosaur Augustynolophus from the upper Maastrichtian of western North America and crest evolution in Saurolophini", Geological Magazine DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0016756814000284
  7. ↑ Albert Prieto-Márquez, Jonathan R. Wagner, Phil R. Bell and Luis M. Chiappe, 2014, "The late-surviving ‘duck-billed’ dinosaur Augustynolophus from the upper Maastrichtian of western North America and crest evolution in Saurolophini", Geological Magazine DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0016756814000284
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 "4: The Marine Reptiles; Mosasaurs," in Hilton (2003) p. 107-110
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 273
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 276
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 277
  12. ↑ "4: The Marine Reptiles; Turtles," in Hilton (2003) p. 114

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