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Mosasaur

Mosasaurs (from Latin Mosa meaning the 'Meuse', and Greek σαύρος sauros meaning 'lizard') are an extinct group of large aquatic reptiles within the family Mosasauridae that lived during the Late Cretaceous. Their first fossil remains were discovered in a limestone quarry at Maastricht on the Meuse in 1764. They belong to the order Squamata, which…

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related to Environment · 42
Mosasaur → Angola, Antarctica, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Cretaceous, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Globidens, Israel, Italy Bulgaria, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Late Cretaceous, Morocco, Netherlands
related to External links · 30
Mosasaur → American, AN AMMONITE, ATTACK, Carl BuellMike Everhart, Cretaceous, Crossroads, David Lewis, Everhart, Geological Survey Vol IV, Hennie Reuvers, Kansas, Maastricht, Mangahouanga, Mesozoic, MOSASAUR BITE MARKS ON, Mosasaurs, MosasaursBBC Science, MosasaursMike Everhart, Mosasaurus, Nature
related to Discovery · 23
Mosasaur → Adriaan Gilles Camper, After, Age, Dutch, Enlightenment's, French, Georges Cuvier, Godding, Grand Animal, Haarlem, However, In, Johann Leonard Hoffmann, Maastricht, Maëstricht, Meuse, Mosasaurus, Mount Saint Peter, Paris, Several
related to Soft tissue · 22
Mosasaur → Additionally, As, Campanian, Despite, Gove County, Harrana, In Harrana, Jordan, Kansas, KUVP-1075, Maastrichtian, Material, Mosasaurus, Much, Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation, Plotosaurus, Recent, Santonian, They, This
related to Lower classifications · 17
Mosasaur → Bell, Caldwell, Dallasaurus, Dutchak, For, Halisaurinae, Halisauromorpha, However, Mosasauridae, Mosasaurinae, Plioplatecarpinae, Polycn, Russellosaurina, Simoes, Tethysaurinae, The, Tylosaurinae
related to Paleobiology · 13
Mosasaur → Clidastes, Cretaceous, Hesperornis, Holes, Mosasaurs, Nautilus, One, Pachydiscus, Placenticeras, South Dakota, These, Tylosaurus, Whether
related to Possible eggs · 8
Mosasaur → Antarctica, Antarcticoolithus, Cretaceous, However, It, Nature, The, While
related to Description · 7
Mosasaur → Cleary, Dallasaurus, Larger, Late Cretaceous, Mosasaurs, Mosasaurus, The
related to Coloration · 6
Mosasaur → Johan Lindgren, Lund University, Mosasaurs, Nature, The, Tylosaurus
related to Distribution · 6
Mosasaur → Angola, Late Cretaceous, Morocco, Mosasauridae, Though, Two African

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mosasaurs cretaceous marine may found fossil maastricht however snakes sea late remains years period dallasaurus nature discovery lizards many known

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shallow water as previously believedinstance ofnot in sheltered nurseries or areas0.80text
plesiosaursinstance oflike other marine reptiles0.80text
is currently unknown.Possible eggsA 2020 study published in Nature described a large fossilized hatched egg from Antarctica from the very end of the Cretaceousinstance oflike other marine reptiles0.80text
about 68 million years agoinstance oflike other marine reptiles0.80text
lizardsinstance ofthe egg's pore structure is very similar to that of extant lepidosaurs0.80text
snakesinstance ofthe egg's pore structure is very similar to that of extant lepidosaurs0.80text
and presence of mosasaur fossils nearby indicates that it may have been a mosasaur egginstance ofthe egg's pore structure is very similar to that of extant lepidosaurs0.80text
is currently unknowninstance oflike other marine reptiles0.80text
a 2009 analysis by Dutchakinstance ofsome studies0.80text
Caldwell instead found that Dallasaurus was ancestral to both russellosaurinesinstance ofsome studies0.80text
mosasaurinesinstance ofsome studies0.80text
although results were inconsistent in later studiesinstance ofsome studies0.80text

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