| Severn Formation | |
|---|---|
Stratigraphic range:  | |
| Type | Geological formation | 
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
Dinosaurs
- "Coelosaurus" antiquus[2]
 - Ornithomimidae indet.[3]
 - Hadrosauridae indet.[2][3]
 
Plesiosaurs
Mosasaurs
Crocodylomorphs
Turtles
Chondrichthyans
- Carcharias holmdelensis[3]
 - Carcharias samhammeri[3]
 - Chiloscyllium greeni[3]
 - Cretalamana appendiculata[3]
 - Dasyatis sp.[3]
 - Tomewingia problematica[3]
 - Galeorhinus garadoti[3]
 - Ginglymostoma sp.[3]
 - Heterodontus sp.[3]
 - Hybodus sp.[3]
 - Ischyrhiza cf. avonicola[3]
 - Ischyrhiza mira[3]
 - Myliobatis sp.[3]
 - Odontaspis aculeatus[3]
 - Plicatoscyllium antiquum[3]
 - Plicatoscyllium derameei[3]
 - Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi[3]
 - Ptychotrygon vermiculata[3]
 - Raja farishi[3]
 - Rhinobatos sp.[3]
 - Rhombodus binkhorsti[3]
 - Serratolamna serrata[3]
 - Squalicorax kaupi[3]
 - Squalicorax pristodontus[3]
 - Squatina hassei[3]
 - Ischyodus sp.[3]
 
Osteichthyans
- Albuidae indet.[3]
 - Anomoedus cf. haseolus[3]
 - Cylinadracanthus sp.[3]
 - Egertonia sp.[3]
 - Enchodus ferox[3]
 - Hadrodus sp.[3]
 - Lepidosteus sp.[3]
 - Paralbula casei[3]
 
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Baird, Donald (1986). "Upper Cretaceous Reptiles from the Severn Formation of Maryland". The Mosasaur. 3: 63–85.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Hartstien, Eugene F; Decina, Lawrence E; Keil, Ronald F (1999). "A Late Cretaceous (Severn Formation) Vertebrate Assemblage from Bowie, Maryland". The Mosasaur. 6: 17–23.
 - ↑ 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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