The oldest tylosaurine mosasaur (Reptilia; Lacertilia) from the Late Cretaceous of Belgium: Hermann von Meyer (1860) revisited

  • Eric W.A. Mulder Museum Natura Docet, Oldenzaalsestraat 39, 7591 GL Denekamp, The Netherlands
  • Hartmut Mai Geologisches lnstitut, Universitiit Bremen, PO. Box 330440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany
Keywords: Belgium, calcareous nannoplankton, historiography, Late Cretaceous, mosasaurs, stratigraphy

Abstract

A mosasaurid parietal from the Late Cretaceous of Belgium, originally described by Von Meyer (1860), turns out to be assignable to the tylosaurine Hainosaurus cf . bernardi Dollo 1885. A small sediment sample, extracted from the bone, was analysed for coccoliths and revealed its early Late Campanian age. This is thus the earliest record of a tylosaurine mosasaur from Belgium.

Published
1999-01-01
How to Cite
Eric W.A. Mulder, & Hartmut Mai. (1999). The oldest tylosaurine mosasaur (Reptilia; Lacertilia) from the Late Cretaceous of Belgium: Hermann von Meyer (1860) revisited. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 207-213. Retrieved from https://njgjournal.nl/index.php/njg/article/view/12285
Issue
Volume 78 - 1999
Section
Regular paper
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