Moreno Formation
Introduction The '''Moreno Formation''' is a Mesozoic geologic formation located in San Joaquin Valley (California).Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Paleofauna ===Ray-finned fish==='''Ray-finned fishes reported from the Moreno Formation''' Genus Species Location Member Material Notes Images''Bonnerichthys''''B. gladius''A large, filter-feeding pachycormid.''Bonnerichthys''''Saurodon''''S. sp. ''An ichthyodectid. ''Saurodon''===Dinosaurs==='''Dinosaurs reported from the Moreno Formation''' Genus Species Location Member Material Notes Images''Augustynolophus''''A. morrisi''A saurolophine."Augustynolophus"''Saurolophus''''S. morrisi''Reclassified as '' Augustynolophus morrisi''.===Mosasaurs==='''Mosasaurs reported from the Moreno Formation''' Genus Species Location Member Material Notes Images''Kolposaurus''''K. bennisoni''The name ''Kolposaurus'' was preoccupied and its two constituent species moved to the new genus ''Plotosaurus''.''K. tuckeri''''Plesiotylosaurus''''P. crassidens''''Plesiotylosaurus crassidens''''Plotosaurus''''P. bennisoni''Plotosaurus bennisoni''''P. tuckeri''  A junior synonym of ''P. bennisoni.'' ''Prognathodon''''P. cf. waiparaensis'' ''cf. Mosasaurus''''cf. M. sp.'' ''Halisaurus''''H. sp. ''===Plesiosaurs==='''Plesiosaurs reported from the Moreno Formation''' Genus Species Location Member Material Notes Images''Aphrosaurus''''A. furlongi''''Aphrosaurus''''Fresnosaurus''''F. drescheri''''Fresnosaurus''''Hydrotherosaurus''''H. alexandrae''''Hydrotherosaurus''''Morenosaurus''''M. stocki''''Morenosaurus''===Turtles==='''Testudines reported from the Moreno Formation''' Genus Species Location Member Material Notes Images''Adocus''J. Howard Hutchison later referred the specimen originally identified as ''Adocus'' by to the genus ''Basilemys''. ''Basilemys''''Osteopygis''
See also * List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations** List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera
Footnotes
References * Hilton, Richard P. 2003.Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. 318 pp. * Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds. ): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. .