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^[2]				A saurolophine.^[2]
Saurolophus^[2]	S. morrisi^[2]				Reclassified as Augustynolophus morrisi.^[2]

Mosasaurs

Mosasaurids reported from the Moreno Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Kolposaurus^[3]	K. bennisoni^[3]				The name Kolposaurus was preoccupied and its two constituent species moved to the new genus Plotosaurus.^[3]	Plotosaurus
Kolposaurus^[3]	K. tuckeri^[3]
Plesiotylosaurus^[4]	P. crassidens^[4]
Plotosaurus^[3]	P. bennisoni^[3]
Plotosaurus^[3]	P. tuckeri^[3]

Plesiosaurs

Plesiosaurs reported from the Moreno Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes
Aphrosaurus^[5]	A. furlongi^[5]
Fresnosaurus^[6]	F. drescheri^[6]
Hydrotherosaurus^[5]	H. alexandrae^[5]
Morenosaurus^[6]	M. stocki^[6]

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.^[7]
Basilemys
Osteopygis^[6]

Footnotes

↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Prieto-Márquez, Albert; Wagner, Jonathan R.; Bell, Phil R.; Chiappe, Luis M. (2014). "The late-surviving 'duck-billed' dinosaur Augustynolophus from the upper Maastrichtian of western North America and crest evolution in Saurolophini". Geological Magazine. 152: 225–241. doi:10.1017/S0016756814000284.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "4: The Marine Reptiles; Mosasaurs," in Hilton (2003) p. 107-110
1 2 "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 273
1 2 3 4 "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 276
1 2 3 4 5 "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 277
↑ "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.
Pepper, D. Aphrosaurus. Retrieved September 24, 2016, from Prehistoric Wildlife, http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/a/aphrosaurus.html
Pepper, D. Fresnosaurus. Retrieved September 24, 2016, from Prehistoric Wildlife, http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/f/fresnosaurus.html
Pepper, D. Hydrotherosaurus. Retrieved September 24, 2016, from Prehistoric Wildlife, http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/h/hydrotherosaurus.html
Pepper, D. Morenosaurus. Retrieved September 24, 2016, from Prehistoric Wildlife, http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/m/morenosaurus.html
Pepper, D. Saurolophus. Retrieved September 24, 2016, from Prehistoric Wildlife, http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/s/saurolophus.html
Pepper, D. Augustynolophus. Retrieved September 24, 2016, from Prehistoric Wildlife, http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/a/augustynolophus.html
Pepper, D. Plotosaurus. Retrieved September 24, 2016, from Prehistoric Wildlife, http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/p/plotosaurus.html
Pepper, D. Plesiotylosaurus. Retrieved September 24, 2016, from Prehistoric Wildlife, http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/p/plesiotylosaurus.html
Pepper, D. Prognathodon. Retrieved September 24, 2016, from Prehistoric Wildlife, http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/p/prognathodon.html

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