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]
Severn Formation | |
---|---|
Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Geological formation |
Paleofauna
- Halisaurus platyspondylus[4][2]
- Prognathodon rapax[2]
- Mosasaurus hoffmanni[2]
- Mosasaurus sp.[3]
- cf. Mosasaurus conodon[2]
- Mosasauridae indet.[2]
- 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]
- 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
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.