Mosasaurus hoffmannii Mantell, 1829

IRSNB R 0303

IG: 15525      Reg.: 8427

Age: Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous, Mesozoïc
Locality: Zichen, Province of Limbourg, Belgium
Description: two skulls in ventral view embedded in sediments, isolated bones

UUID Number: https://darwin.naturalsciences.be/darwin/search/view/uuid/45d1fdd3-9826-4201-9b0b-429e55051b90

Publication:
- Lingham-Soliar T., 1995. Anatomy and functional morphology of the largest marine reptile known, Mosasaurus hoffmanni (Mosauridae, Reptilia) from the Upper Cretaceous, Upper Maastrichtian of the Netherlands. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B, T. 347, pp. 155-180 (Fig. 3, named R12)
- Harrell T.L. & Martin J.E., 2015. A mosasaur from the Maastrichtian Fox Hills Formation of the northern Western Interior Seaway of the United States and the synonymy of Mosasaurus maximus with Mosasaurus hoffmanni (Reptilia: Mosasauridae). Netherlands Journal of Geosciences - Geologie en Mijnbouw, T. 64 (1), pp. 23-37 (noted IRSNB R12 ; pp. 26 ; 28 ; 30 ; 32 (not figured))
- Street & Caldwell, 2016. Rediagnosis and redescription of Mosasaurus hoffmannii (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and an assessment of species assigned to the genus Mosasaurus. Geological Magazine 154(3), pp. 521-557 (not figured but cited pp. 525)
- Madzia D., Cau A., 2017. Inferring `weak spots' in phylogenetic trees: application to mosasauroid nomenclature. PeerJ., T.3782, pp. 40 (not figured but cited pp. 29)
- Zietlow A., 2020. How to make monster: Craniofacial Ontogeny in Mosasauridae. pp. 110 (noted IRSNB R12 ; pp. 7 ; 16 ; 20 ; 43 ; 52 (table) ; 64, not figured)