Genre
Valide Éteint

Halisaurus

Marsh 1869

Halisaurus est un genre éteint de « reptiles » marins squamates de la famille des Mosasauridae et de la sous-famille des Halisaurinae. Il vivait à la fin du Crétacé supérieur il y a environ entre −75 et −66 Ma.

Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
⚠ La plage temporelle dépasse légèrement la limite K-Pg (66 Ma). Probable décalage d'intervalle dans les données PBDB.
Occurrences PBDB
29
Groupe
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestre
Halisaurus
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Halisaurus mosasaur, Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Thermopolis / 2006 © Greg Goebel from Loveland CO, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification
Mosasauridae Famille
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Halisaurinae Clade non classé
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Halisaurini Clade non classé
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Halisaurus Genre
Sites de découverte 29 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇺🇸 États-Unis
13
🇲🇦 Maroc
7
🇨🇱 Chili
2
🇵🇪 Pérou
1
🇯🇴 Jordanie
1
🇦🇴 Angola
1
🇪🇬 Égypte
1
🇨🇩 Congo (RDC)
1
🇳🇪 Niger
1
🇦🇷 Argentine
1
Formations géologiques
Navesink
3
Severn
3
Blufftown
1
Merchantville
1
Marshalltown
1
Tar Heel
1
Vivian
1
Mount Laurel
1
Phosphorite Unit
1
Mocuio
1
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien (72.2–66 Ma)
22
Campanien (83.6–72.2 Ma)
7
Espèces (4)
Halisaurus arambourgi 72 Ma
Halisaurus hebae 72 Ma
Halisaurus onchognathus
Halisaurus platyspondylus 84 Ma
Synonymes (1)
Baptosaurus nomen dubium Halisaurus
Bibliographie
Description originale
J. J., Jr. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Bibliographie (21)
R. A. Otero. 2025. Review of two marine vertebrate assemblages from the Arauco Basin (central Chile) reveals diversity changes throughout the Maastrichtian. Cretaceous Research 166(78):105996 DOI ↗
A. A. Shaker, N. R. Longrich, and A. Strougo, A. Asan, N. Bardet, M. K. Mousa, A. A. Tantawy, G. A. Abu El-Kheir. 2023. A new species of Halisaurus (Mosasauridae: Halisaurinae) from the lower Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Western Desert, Egypt. Cretaceous Research 154:105719 DOI ↗
P. Jiménez-Huidobro, R. A. Otero, and S. Soto-Acuña, M. W. Caldwell. 2019. Reassessment of cf. Plotosaurus from the upper Maastrichtian of Chile, with comments on the South American distribution of halisaurine mosasaurs. Cretaceous Research 103:104162:1-9 DOI ↗
M. S. Fernández and M. Talevi. 2015. An halisaurine (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, with a preserved tympanic disc: Insights into the mosasaur middle ear. Comptes Rendus Palevol 14:483-493 DOI ↗
H. Cappetta, N. Bardet, and X. Pereda Suberbiola, S. Adnet, D. Akkrim, M. Amalik, A. Benabdallah. 2014. Marine vertebrate faunas from the Maastrichtian phosphates of Benguérir (Ganntour Basin, Morocco): Biostratigraphy, palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 409:217-238 DOI ↗
O. Mateus, M. J. Polcyn, and L. L. Jacobs, R. Arujo, A. S. Schulp, J. Marinheiro, B. Pereira, D. P. 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, Burgos
M. J. Polcyn, J. Lindgren, and N. Bardet, D. Cornelissen, L. Verding, 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 France 183(2):123-136 DOI ↗
J. Lindgren. 2007. First record of Halisaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Pacific coast of North America. PaleoBios 27(2):40-47
N. Bardet, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and M. Iarochene, B. Bouya, M. Amaghaz. 2005. A new species of Halisaurus from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco, and the phylogenetical relationships of the Halisaurinae (Squamata: Mosasauridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143:447-472 DOI ↗
N. Bardet and X. Pereda Suberbiola. 2002. Marine reptiles from the Late Cretaceous Phosphates of Jordan: palaeobiogeographical implications. Geodiversitas 24(4):831-839
W. B. Gallagher. 2002. Faunal changes across the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) boundary in the Atlantic coastal plain of New Jersey: restructuring the marine community after the K-T mass-extinction event. Catastrophic Events and Mass Extinctions: Impacts and beyond. GSA Special Paper 356:291-301 DOI ↗
R. B. Holmes and H.-D. Sues. 2000. A partial skeleton of the basal mosasaur Halisaurus platyspondylus from the Severn Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian) of Maryland. Journal of Paleontology 74(2):309-316 DOI ↗
M. W. Caldwell and G. L. Bell, Jr. 1995. Halisaurus sp. (Mosasauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) of east-central Peru, and the taxonomic utility of mosasaur cervical vertebrae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3):532-544 DOI ↗
T. Lingham-Soliar. 1994. First record of mosasaurs from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of Zaire. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 68(1/2):259-265 DOI ↗
W. B. Gallagher. 1993. The Cretaceous/Tertiary mass extinction event in the North Atlantic coastal plain. The Mosasaur 5:75-154
B. S. Grandstaff, D. C. Parris, and R. K. Denton, Jr, W. B. Gallagher. 1992. Alphadon (Marsupialia) and Multituberculata (Allotheria) in the Cretaceous of eastern North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(2):217-222 DOI ↗
T. Lingham-Soliar. 1991. Mosasaurs from the Upper Cretacous of Niger. Palaeontology 34(3):653-670
A. J. Robb. 1989. The Upper Cretaceous (Campanian, Black Creek Formation) fossil fish fauna of Phoebus Landing, Bladen County, North Carolina. The Mosasaur 4:75-92
D. Baird. 1986. Upper Cretaceous reptiles from the Severn Formation of Maryland. The Mosasaur 3:63-85
D. R. Schwimmer. 1986. Late Cretaceous fossils from the Blufftown Formation (Campanian) in western Georgia. The Mosasaur 3:109-123
D. Baird and G. R. Case. 1966. Rare marine reptiles from the Cretaceous of New Jersey. Journal of Paleontology 40(5):1211-1215