Mosasaurus hoffmanniALMNH:Paleo:2271

Fossil Record Data

Catalog #

Paleo:2271

Parts

dentary; pterygoid; rib; skeletal element; skull; tibia; vertebra

Collecting Source

wild

Verbatim Date

Apr 1, 1990

Remarks

This is the largest mosasaur (Sweetie) ever found in the United States and the second largest ever discovered. -per Dr. Blewitt 7/20/06 ( It is possible this is the largest mosasaur ever discovered). The majority of the animal is badly eroded.

Geologic Era

Mesozoic

Geologic Period

Cretaceous

Geologic Age

Upper Cret. / Maastrichtian

Formation

Prairie Bluff Chalk Formation

Fossil Classification

Collecting Event

Identifiers

Accession #

PV1990.0003