Moreno Formation

Moreno Formation Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian 70–66 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera

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: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: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. "4: The Marine Reptiles; Mosasaurs," in Hilton (2003) p. 107-110
9. "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 273
10. "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 276
11. "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

References

• Hilton, Richard P. 2003. Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. 318 pp.
• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.