a b c d e Eric Mulder (2004). Maastricht Cretaceous finds and Dutch pioneers in vertebrate palaeontology. Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. pp.165–176. Vikkie Bartholomeus (September 21, 2015). "Datum vondst mosasaurus ontdekt: in oktober 1778". 1Limburg (in Dutch). Archived from the original on March 7, 2020. ZIETLOW: Mosasaurs would eat basically anything and everything that moved. We know that based on the shapes of their teeth, their actual stomach contents, and bite marks on other animals that lived with mosasaurs. T. Lynn Harrell Jr.; James E. Martin (2014). "A mosasaur from the Maastrichtian Fox Hills Formation of the northern Western Interior Seaway of the United States and the synonymy of Mosasaurus maximus with Mosasaurus hoffmanni (Reptilia: Mosasauridae)". Netherlands Journal of Geosciences. 94 (1): 23–37. doi: 10.1017/njg.2014.27. S2CID 131617632.

Eric W. A. Mulder; Dirk Cornelissen; Louis Verding (2004), "Is Mosasaurus lemonnieri a juvenile Mosasaurus hoffmanni? A discussion", in J. W. M. Jagt; A. S. Schulp (eds.), First Mosasaur Meeting, Maastricht, pp.62–66 {{ citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) hoffmannii was the original spelling used by Mantell, ending with -ii. [21] Later authors began to drop the final letter and spelled it as hoffmanni, as became the trend for specific epithets of similar structure in later years. Recent scientists argue that the special etymological makeup of hoffmannii cannot be subjected to International Code of Zoological Nomenclature Articles 32.5, 33.4, or 34, which would normally protect similar respellings. This makes hoffmannii the valid spelling, although hoffmanni continues to be incorrectly used by many authors. [9]a b c Aaron R. H. LeBlanc; Michael W. Caldwell; Nathalie Bardet (2012). "A new mosasaurine from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) phosphates of Morocco and its implications for mosasaurine systematics". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (1): 82–104. Bibcode: 2012JVPal..32...82L. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2012.624145. JSTOR 41407709. S2CID 130559113.

a b c Elizabeth L. Nicholls and Anthony P. Russell (1990). "Paleobiogeography of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway of North America: the vertebrate evidence". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 79 (1–2): 149–169. Bibcode: 1990PPP....79..149N. doi: 10.1016/0031-0182(90)90110-S. The exact year is not fully certain due to multiple contradicting claims. An examination of existing historical evidence by Pieters et al., (2012) suggested the most accurate date would be on or around 1780. [14] More recently, Limburg newspapers reported in 2015 that Ernst Homburg discovered a Liège magazine issued in the October 1778 reporting in detail a recent discovery of the second skull. [15] Emily Osterloff. "The world's first dinosaur park: what the Victorians got right and wrong". Archived from the original on April 18, 2021.

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