Severn Formation

Stratigraphic range:
TypeGeological 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

Plesiosaurs

Mosasaurs

Crocodylomorphs

Turtles

Chondrichthyans

Osteichthyans

See also

Footnotes

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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