Species: atopus LANGSTON, 1960
Etymology: Greek, atopus, "stange, out of place," an allusion to the form an deposition of the nasal
crest.
Holotype: FMNH P27383
Locality: 200 yards north of road, High River Exposure, Moore Ranch, southeast of Marion Junction, and 10 miles west of Selma, Dallas County, Alabama.
Horizon: Selma Formation, blow Arkola Limestone.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Fragments of skull, jaws, vertebrae, ribs, and various limb bones.
Referred material:
EBRSOLE & KING, 2011
Locality: Greene County, Alabama.
Horizon: Mooreville Chalk Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Santonian-Early Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
MCWSC RMM 2985: 4 anterior phalanges (1 terminal).
EBRSOLE & KING, 2011
Locality: Hale County, Alabama.
Horizon: Mooreville Chalk Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Santonian-Early Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
MCWSC 1219: 6 bones from the tarsus.
MCWSC 12620: Vertebrae and bone fragments.
Locality: Unknown County, Alabama.
Horizon: Tombigbee Sand Member, Eutaw Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Santonian-Early Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
MCWSC 26037: Skull material.
Locality: Montgomery County, Alabama.
Horizon: Selma Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Santonian-Early Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
AUMP 982: Left jaw.
LAMB, 1998
Locality:
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
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Material:
Number: Not given: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.
WEISHAMPEL & WEISHAMPEL, 1983
Locality: Phoebus Landing, Bladen County, North Carolina.
Horizon: Black Creek Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
Number: Not given: