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Danish mosasaurs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

J. Lindgren  and
J.W.M. Jagt
J. Lindgren*
Affiliation:
Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5-7, DK-1350 København K, Denmark Department of Geology, GeoBiosphere Science Centre, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
J.W.M. Jagt
Affiliation:
Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, de Bosquetplein 6, NL-6211 KJ Maastricht, the Netherlands
*
* Corresponding author. Email: johan.lindgren@geol.lu.se
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Presented are the first formal descriptions of mosasaur remains of Maastrichtian age from the Danish mainland (Jylland, Sjælland); just two taxa are recognised, viz. Mosasaurus cf. hoffmanni and Plioplatecarpus sp. Recent finds include an association of skeletal fragments, inclusive of a single marginal tooth crown, from within 10 metres or so of the K/T boundary near Holtug, Stevns Klint (Sjælland, eastern Denmark), here assigned to Plioplatecarpus sp. A brief review of previous records of Danish mosasaurs is added.

Keywords

CretaceousMaastrichtianDenmarkMosasaurusPlioplatecarpus
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 84 , Special Issue 3: Proceedings of the First Mosasaur Meeting , September 2005 , pp. 315 - 320
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2005

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