That varies from mosasaur to mosasaur.” Paleoart representing the mosasaur Latoplatecarpus Illustration: Hank Sharpe Sharpe, Zietlow, and their colleagues studied rare complete mosasaur lower ...

The newly described species of mosasaur’s screwdriver-like teeth offer few clues about the extinct animal’s diet. Illustration: University of Bath The ancient seas of the Late Cretaceous ...

Modern illustrations of Megalosaurus depict a predator ... including a large sail on its back. A 19th-century mosasaur statue in Crystal Palace Park in London is incomplete but demonstrates ...

An illustration of a Mosasaurus. De Agostini Picture Library via Getty Images Starnes "immediately" knew they had found a mosasaur based on the shape of the vertebra, he said. The researchers ...

And according to Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) geologist James Starnes, a recent vertebrae fossil find belonged to “about as big” a mosasaur specimen as one could get.

In an illustration accompanying his 1869 paper “Fossil Reptiles of New Jersey” about the Cretaceous era in the Garden State, a goofy-looking mosasaur dangles a forked tongue out of a toothy ...

Look into the jaws of a Mosasaurus and you will gaze into a nightmare. The seagoing lizard’s curved teeth stand in a line that point backwards to the throat, an extra set of piercing teeth on ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Paleontologists in North Dakota have discovered new species of ...

A sea monster with teeth so sharp they formed a "saw-like blade," swam in the waters of what is now Morocco about 66 million years ago, a new study finds. Miners discovered the remains of this ...

They uncovered a piece of vertebra they said likely belonged to a mosasaur, a lizard ancestor that lived in the Late Cretaceous period, according to James Starnes, research director for the ...

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