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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.
| Name | Age | Location | Genera and species |
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| Akrabou Formation | Turonian |
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| Bentiaba River[1] | Maastrichtian |
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| Bololo[5] | Maastrichtian |
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| Dukamaje Formation[6] | Maastrichtian |
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| Duwi Formation[8] | Maastrichtian |
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| Farin-Doutchi Formation[10] | Maastrichtian |
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| Lapurr Sandstone | Campanian-Maastrichtian |
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Mosasauria indet.[11] |
| Ouled Abdoun Basin[8] | Maastrichtian |
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| Itombe Formation[16] | Coniacian |
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| Umzamba Formation[17] | Santonian |
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| Name | Age | Location | Genera and species |
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| López de Bertodano Formation[18] | Maastrichtian | ||
| Santa Marta Formation[20] | Late Campanian |
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| Snow Hill Island Formation[21] | Maastrichtian |
| Name | Age | Location | Genera and species |
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| Ahlen Formation[35] | Late Campanian |
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| Argille di Viano Formation[36] | Cretaceous |
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| Baculites Limestone Formation[37] | Late Maastrichtian |
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| Bakla Hill[38] | Maastrichtian |
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| Båstad Basin[39] | Campanian |
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| Chalk Group[40] | Cenomanian |
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| Craie de Ciply Formation[8] | Maastrichtian |
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| Craie de Meudon Formation[42] | Late Campanian |
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| Craie de Spiennes Formation[43] | Late Campanian |
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| Danish White Chalk Formation[44] | Maastrichtian |
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| Glauconie de Lonzée Formation[45] | Santonian |
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| Gulpen Formation[46] | Late Campanian - Maastrichtian |
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| Grünsandstein Formation[48] | Cenomanian |
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| Hesseltal Formation[49] | Late Cenomanian/Early Turonian |
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| Kajlâka Formation[50] | Late Maastrichtian |
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| Kristianstad Basin[51] | Santonian - Maastrichtian |
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| Lagerdorf Formation[56] | Late Santonian |
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| Maastricht Formation[57] | Maastrichtian |
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| Nay Marls Formation[8] | Early Campanian - Late Maastrichtian |
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| Opoka Formation[58] | Late Campanian - Late Maastrichtian |
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| Polunino[59] | Late Campanian | Volgograd Oblast
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| Raspay Formation[60] | Late Maastrichtian |
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| Rybushka Formation[61] | Early Campanian | Saratov Oblast
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| Scaglia Rossa Formation[62] | Late Campanian - Maastrichtian |
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| Scaglia Rossa Veneta Formation[63] | Early Turonian |
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| Trevino[64] | Maastrichtian |
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| Vitoria Formation[65] | Late Campanian |
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| Vomb Trough[53] | Santonian - Maastrichtian |
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| Name | Age | Location | Genera and species |
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| Arcadia Park Shale Formation[67] | Middle Turonian | Texas
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| Bearpaw Shale Formation[68] | Late Campanian | Alberta, Saskatchewan
Montana
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| Black Creek Group[72] | Early-Middle Campanian | North Carolina, South Carolina
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| Blufftown Formation[74] | Campanian | Georgia
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| Carlile Shale | Middle Turonian | Kansas
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| Cerro del Pueblo Formation[77] | Late Campanian |
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| Donoho Creek Formation | Middle Campanian | South Carolina
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| Eutaw Formation[78] | Early Campanian | Alabama, Mississippi
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| Hornerstown Formation[79] | Maastrichtian | New Jersey
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| Kamp Ranch Limestone Formation[83] | Middle Turonian | Texas
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| Lewis Shale Formation[84] | Campanian | Colorado
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| Mancos Shale Formation[85] | Early Campanian | Colorado
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| Marshalltown Formation[86] | Middle Campanian | New Jersey
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| Merchantville Formation[87] | Early Campanian - Maastrichtian | New Jersey, Delaware
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| Mesaderve Formation[90] | Campanian | Wyoming
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| Mooreville Chalk Formation[92] | Late Santonian | Alabama
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| Moreno Formation[94] | Maastrichtian | California
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| Mount Laurel Formation[97] | Maastrichtian | New Jersey, Delaware
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| Navesink Formation[98] | Maastrichtian | New Jersey
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| New Egypt Formation[102] | Late Maastrichtian | New Jersey
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| Niobrara Formation[104] | Coniacian - Campanian | Kansas
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| Ojinaga Formation[106] | Turonian |
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| Owl Creek Formation[107] | Late Maastrichtian | Missouri
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| Peedee Formation[108] | Early-Late Maastrichtian | North Carolina, South Carolina
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| Pen Formation[109] | Middle Santonian | Texas
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| Pender Formation[110] | Late Santonian | British Columbia
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| Pierre Shale Formation[111] | Campanian | Nebraska, South Dakota
Manitoba
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| Ripley Formation[118] | Late Campanian | Tennessee
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| Selma Formation[92] | Santonian | Alabama, Mississippi
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| Severn Formation[119] | Maastrichtian | Maryland
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| St. Mary River Formation[120] | Campanian | Alberta
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| Tar Heel/Coachman Formation[121] | Early Campanian | North Carolina, South Carolina
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| Vermillion River Formation[122] | Campanian | Manitoba
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| Wolfe City Formation[123] | Middle Campanian | Texas
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| Name | Age | Location | Genera and species |
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| Conway Formation[124] | Campanian |
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| Laidmore Formation[125] | Campanian - Maastrichtian |
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| Miria Marl Formation[126] | Maastrichtian |
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| Molecap Greensand Formation[126] | Cenomanian - Santonian |
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| Tahora Formation[128] | Campanian - Maastrichtian |
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| Takatika Grit |
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