This is a list of stratigraphic units from which mosasaur body fossils have been recovered. Units listed are all either formation rank or higher (e.g. group). Formations are listed by continent, and alphabetically within the individual lists.
Africa NameAgeLocationGenera and speciesAkrabou FormationTuronian Tethysaurus nopcsaiBentiaba RiverMaastrichtian Prognathodon kianda Liodon sp. Halisaurus sp. Platecarpus ptychodon Phosphorosaurus sp. Globidens phosphaticusM. J. Polcyn, L. L. Jacobs, A. S. Schulp and O. Mateus. 2010. The North African Mosasaur Globidens phosphaticus from the Maastrichtian of Angola. Historical Biology 22(1-3):175-185 Mosasaurus hoffmanniiO. Mateus, M. J. Polcyn, L. L. Jacobs, R. Arujo, A. S. Schulp, J. Marinheiro, B. Pereira and D. Vineyard. 2012. Cretaceous amniotes from Angola: dinosaurs, pterosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, turtles. Actas de V Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontologia de Dinosaurios y su Entorno, Salas de los Infantes, Burgos71-105 Prognathodon saturatorBololoMaastrichtian Halisaurus sp. Mosasaurus sp.Dukamaje FormationR. T. J. Moody and P. J. C. Suttcliffe. 1991. The Cretaceous deposits of the Iullemmeden Basin of Niger, central West Africa. Cretaceous Research 12:137-157Maastrichtian Halisaurus sp. Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus Platecarpus sp. Angolasaurus sp. Plioplatecarpus sp. Goronyosaurus sp. Goronyosaurus nigeriensisA. Azzaroli, C. De Giuli, G. Ficcarelli and D. Torre. 1972. An aberrant mosasaur from the Upper Cretaceous of north-western Nigeria. Rendiconti della classe di fisiche, mathematiche e naturali 52:398-402Duwi FormationMaastrichtian Mosasauridae indet.M. Gemmellaro. 1921. Rettili maëstrichtiani di Egitto [Maastrichtian reptiles of Egypt]. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche 32:340-351 Globidens phosphaticus Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacusFarin-Doutchi FormationT. Lingham-Soliar. 1998. A new mosasaur Pluridens walkeri from the Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian of the Iullemmeden Basin, southwest Niger. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(4):709-707Maastrichtian Pluridens walkeriLapurr SandstoneCampanian-Maastrichtian Mosasauria indet.Ouled Abdoun BasinMaastrichtian Eremiasaurus heterodontusA. R. H. LeBlanc, M. W. Caldwell, and N. Bardet. 2012. A new mosasaurine from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) phosphates of Morocco and its implications for mosasaurine systematics. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(1):82-104 Liodon anceps Khinjaria acuta Mosasaurus sp. Mosasaurus beaugei Stelladens mysteriosus Globidens phosphaticus Globidens simplex Xenodens calminechari Halisaurus arambourgiM. J. Polcyn, J. Lindgren, N. Bardet, D. Cornelissen, L. Verding and A. S. Schulp. 2012. Description of new specimens of Halisaurus arambourgi Bardet & Pereda Suberbiola, 2005 and the relationships of Halisaurinae. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France183(2):123-136 Pluridens serpentis Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus Platecarpus ptychodon Gavialimimus almaghribensis Prognathodon sp.X. Pereda Suberbiola, N. Bardet, S. Jouve, M. Iarochène, B. Bouya and M. Amaghzaz. 2003. A new azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco. In E. Buffetaut, J.-M. Mazin (eds.), Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 217:79-90 Prognathodon curiiN. Bardet, X. Pereda Suberbiola, M. Iarochène, M. Amalik, and B. Bouya. 2005. Durophagous Mosasauridae (Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco, with description of a new species of Globidens. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):167-175 Thalassotitan atrox Carinodens belgicus Carinodens minalmamar Russellosaurina indet.Itombe FormationM. T. Antunes. 1964. O Neocretacio e o Cenozoico do litoral de Angola. Junta de Investigcoes do Ultramar 1-254Coniacian Mosasaurus sp. Angolasaurus bocagei Halisaurinae indet.Umzamba FormationA. W. Rogers and E. H. L. Schwarz. 1902. General survey of the rocks in the southern parts of the Transkei and Pondoland, including a description of the Cretaceous rocks of eastern Pondoland. Annual Report of the Geological Commission, Cape of Good Hope 1901:25-46Santonian Mosasaurus sp.
Antarctica NameAgeLocationGenera and speciesLópez de Bertodano FormationMaastrichtian
Mosasaurus sp. Kaikaifilu herveiSanta Marta FormationF. E. Novas, M. Fernández, Z. B. Gasparini, J. M. Lirio, H. J. Nuñez and P. Puerta. 2002. Lakumasaurus antarcticus, n. gen. et sp., a new mosasaur (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica. Ameghiniana 39(2):245-249Late Campanian
Taniwhasaurus antarcticusSnow Hill Island FormationJ. E. Martin, J. F. Sawyer, M. Reguero and J. A. Case. 2007. Occurrence of a young elasmosaurid plesiosaur skeleton from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Antarctica. U.S. Geological Survey and The National Academies Short Research Paper 66:1-4Maastrichtian
Tylosaurinae indet.
Asia NameAgeLocationGenera and speciesAdaffa FormationB. P. Kear, T. H. Rich, M. A. Ali, Y. A. Al-Mufarrih, A. H. Matiri, A. M. Masary, and Y. Attia. 2008. Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) marine reptiles from the Adaffa Formation, NW Saudi Arabia. Geological Magazine 145(5):648-654Early Campanian Prognathodon sp. Plioplatecarpinae indet.Amminadav FormationEarly Cenomanian Haasiasaurus gittelmaniDavutlar FormationN. Bardet and C. Tunoglu. 2002. The first mosasaur (Squamata) from the Late Cretaceous of Turkey. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):712-715Late Maastrichtian Mosasaurus hoffmanniiHakobuchi FormationEarly Maastrichtian Mosasaurus hobetsuensis Phosphorosaurus ponpetelegansIzumi GroupM. Tanimoto. 2005. Mosasaur remains from the Upper Cretaceous Izumi Group of southwest Japan. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):373-378Late Campanian - Maastrichtian Kourisodon sp. Mosasaurus sp.M. Tanimoto, M. Tani, and M. Minamino. 1998. [Crocodilian-like teeth (? Mosasauridae) from the Izumi Group (Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) of Sobura, Kaizuka-city, Osaka Prefecture, southwest Japan]. Chigakukenkyu 47(2):91-95 Mosasaurus sp. "B" Mosasaurinae indet.Kashima FormationPrimary reference: M. W. Caldwell, T. Konishi, I. Obata and K. Muramoto. 2008. A new species of Taniwhasaurus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) from the Upper Santonian-Lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):339-348Late Santonian Taniwhasaurus mikasaensisMishash FormationChristiansen, P.; Bonde, N. (2002). "A new species of gigantic mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous of Israel". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (3): 629. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0629:ANSOGM]2.0.CO;2.Campanian Prognathodon curiiMuwaqqar Chalk Marl FormationLate Maastrichtian Mosasaurus hoffmannii Mosasaurus sevciki Carinodens palistinicus Harranasaurus khuludae Prognathodon hashimi (=Tenerasaurus) Prognathodon hudae Prognathodon primus Clidastes sp. Platecarpus sp. Liodon anceps Tylosaurinae indet.Phosphorite Unit FormationLate Campanian - Early Maastrichtian Mosasaurus sp. Globidens hisaensis Globidens sp. Prognathodon abyadensis Prognathodon currii Prognathodon giganteus Clidastes sp. Halisaurus sp. Platecarpus ptychodon Platecarpus sp. Liodon anceps Mosasauridae indet.E. Frey and D. M. Martill. 1996. A reappraisal of Arambourgiania (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea): one of the world's largest flying animals. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 199(2):221-247Syria (various localities)N. Bardet, H. Cappetta, X. Pereda Suberbiola, M. Mouty, A. K. Al Maleh, A. M. Ahmed, O. Khrata and N. Gannoum. 2000. The marine vertebrate faunas from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Syria. Geological Magazine 137(3):269-290Late Campanian Mosasauridae indet. Mosasaurus lemmonieri Prognathodon giganteus Liodon anceps Globidens sp. Platecarpus ptychodon Plioplatecarpinae indet.Toyajo FormationCampanian/Maastrichtian Megapterygius wakayamaensis
Europe NameAgeLocationGenera and speciesAhlen FormationR. Giers. 1964. Die Großfauna der Mukronatenkreide (unteres Obercampan) im östlichen Münsterland. Fortschr. Geol. Rheinld. u. Westf. 7:213-294Late Campanian Clidastes sp.Argille di Viano FormationA. Palci, M. W. Caldwell, C. A. Papazzoni and E. Forniciari. 2014. Mosasaurine mosasaurs (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from northern Italy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(3):549-559Cretaceous Mosasaurus hoffmanniiBaculites Limestone FormationE. Buffetaut and N. Bardet. 2012. The mosasaurid (Squamata) Prognathodon in the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of the Cotentin Peninsula (Normandy, northwestern France). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 183(2):111-115 Late Maastrichtian Prognathodon sp.Bakla HillA. S. Schulp, A. O. Averianov, A. A. Yarkov, F. A. Trikolidi, and J. W. M. Jagt. 2006. First record of the Late Cretaceous durophagous mosaasaur Carinodens belgicus (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from Volgogradskaya Oblast (Russia) and Crimea (Ukraine). Russian Journal of Herpetology 213(3):175-180Maastrichtian Carinodens belgicus Liodon sp.Båstad BasinP. O. Persson. 1960. Reptiles from the Senonian (U Cret) of Scania (S Sweden). Arkiv for Mineralogi och Geologi 2(35):431-478Campanian Plioplatecarpus sp.Chalk GroupR. Owen. 1851. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Cretaceous Formations. Part I. Chelonia (Lacertilia, etc.). The Palaeontographical Society, London 1851:1-118Cenomanian "Mosasaurus" gracilisCraie de Ciply FormationMaastrichtian Mosasauridae indet. Mosasaurus hoffmannii Prognathodon solvayi Phosphorosaurus ortliebi Plioplatecarpus houzeaui Hainosaurus bernardiCraie de Meudon FormationN. Bardet. 2012. The mosasaur collections of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 183(1):35-53Late Campanian Hainosaurus sp.Craie de Spiennes FormationW. J. Kennedy. 1993. Campanian and Maastrichtian ammonites from the Mons Basin and adjacent areas (Belgium). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 63:99-131 Late Campanian Globidens dakotensis Prognathodon solvayi Prognathodon giganteusDanish White Chalk FormationMaastrichtian Mosasaurus hoffmannii Mosasaurus sp. Plioplatecarpus sp.Glauconie de Lonzée FormationT. S. Bullard and M. W. Caldwell. 2010. Redescription and rediagnosis of the tylosaurine mosasaur Hainosaurus pembinensis Nicholls, 1988, as Tylosaurus pembinensis (Nicholls, 1988). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2):416-426Santonian Hainosaurus sp.Gulpen FormationJ. W. M. Jagt. 2000. Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene echinoderms and the K/T boundary in the southeast Netherlands and the northeast Belgium. - part 3: Ophiuroids. Scripta Geologica 21:1-179 Late Campanian - Maastrichtian Mosasaurus sp. Prognathodon solvayi Prognathodon saturatorR. W. Dortangs, A. S. Schulp, E. W. A. Mulder, J. W. M. Jagt, H. H. G. Peeters and D. T. Graaf. 2002. A large new mosasaur from the Upper Cretaceous of the Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences/Geologie en Mijnbouw 81(1):1-8Grünsandstein FormationA. v. Wagner. 1853. Beschreibung einer fossilen Schildkröte und etlicher anderer Reptilien-Ueberreste aus den lithographischen Schiefern und dem Grünsandstein. Abhandlungen der Mathemat.-Physikalischen Classe de Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 7:241-264Cenomanian Liodon ancepsHesseltal FormationLate Cenomanian/Early Turonian Mosasauroidea indet.Kajlâka FormationJ. W. M. Jagt, N. Motchurova-Dekova, P. Ivanov, H. Capetta, and A. S. Schulp. 2006. Latest Cretaceous mosasaurs and lamniform sharks from Labirinta cave, Vratsa district (northwest Bulgaria): a preliminary note. Annales Geologiques de la Peninsule Balkanique 67:51-63Late Maastrichtian Mosasauridae indet. Mosasaurus hoffmanniiKristianstad BasinSantonian - Maastrichtian Clidastes propython Dollosaurus sp. Eonatator sternbergii Hainosaurus sp. Platecarpus sp.