SOUTH DAKOTA

SHANNON COUNTY

PIERRE FORMATION

UPPER CAMPANIAN STAGE

SENONIAN SUBEPOCH

UPPER GULF EPOCH

LATE CRETACEOUS

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: CHELONOMORPHA KUHN, 1960

SUPERCOHORT: TESTUDINES LINNAEUS, 1758

COHORT: CASICHELYDIA emend GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988

MAGANORDER: CRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988

SUPERORDER: SELMACRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY, HUTCHISON, JENKINS & MEEKR, 1987

GRANDORDER: DAIOCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988

MICRORDER: CENTROCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988

ORDER: POLYCRPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988

SUBORDER: PROCOELOCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988

INFRAORDER: CHELONOIDEA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988

Superfamily: DERMOCHELYOIDEA Willams, 1950

Family: PROTOSTEGIDAE Cope, 1889

Subfamily: PROTOSTEGINAE Cope, 1889

Tribe: PROTOSTEGINI Cope, 1889 (sensu Hooks, 1998)

Subtribe: PROTOSTEGINA Cope, 1889 (sensu Hooks, 1998)

Archelon nova?

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SOUTH DAKOTA

SHANNON COUNTY

BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK

½ M S OF SAGE CREEK PRIMITIVE CAMPGROUND

NORTH UNIT

VERENDRYE MEMBER

PIERRE SHALE

BACULITES CUNEATUS BIOZONE

UPPER CAMPANIAN STAGE

SENONIAN SUBEPOCH

UPPER GULF EPOCH

LATE CRETACEOUS

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: LEPIDOSAUROMORPHA BENTON, 1983

SUBLEGION: LEPIDOSAURIA HAECKEL, 1866 (DUMERIL & BIBRON, 1839)

MAGNORDER: SQUAMATA, OPPEL, 1811

SUPERORDER: LACERTILIA OWEN, 1842

GRANDORDER: SCINCOGEKKONOMORPHA SUKHANOV, 1961

MICRORDER: SCINCOMORPHA CAMP, 1923

ORDER: ANGUIMORPHA FURBRINGER, 1900

SUBORDER: DIPLOGLOSSA COPE, 1864

INFRAORDER: THECAGLOSSA COPE, 1890

PARVORDER: MONSTERSAURIA NORELL & GAO, 1977

Superfamily: VARANOIDEA Gray, 1827 (sensu Camp, 1923)

Family: MOSASAURIDAE Gervais, 1853

Infrafamily: NATANIA

Subfamily: MOSASAURINAE Gervais, 1853 (sensu Williston, 1897)

Tribe: MOSASAURINI Gervais, 1853 (sensu Russell, 1967)

Mosasaurus lemonnieri
= Mosasaurus conodon
= Clidastes conodon

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