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Mosasauria is a clade of aquatic and semiaquatic squamates that lived during the Cretaceous period. Fossils belonging to the group have been found in all continents around the world. Early mosasaurians like dolichosaurs were small long-bodied lizards that inhabited nearshore coastal and freshwater environments; the Late Cretaceous saw the rise of large…
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| Mosasauria | is a | clade of aquatic and semiaquatic squamates that lived during the Cretaceous period | 0.90 | text |
| Lee | instance of | Multiple subsequent studies conducted by scientists | 0.80 | text |
| Caldwell | instance of | Multiple subsequent studies conducted by scientists | 0.80 | text |
| and Alessandro Palci refined this hypothesis | instance of | Multiple subsequent studies conducted by scientists | 0.80 | text |
| where in some | instance of | Multiple subsequent studies conducted by scientists | 0.80 | text |
| the Mosasauria clade was revived | instance of | Multiple subsequent studies conducted by scientists | 0.80 | text |
| repurposed | instance of | Multiple subsequent studies conducted by scientists | 0.80 | text |
| Mosasauria | related to Historical debate | The | 0.60 | section |
| Mosasauria | related to Historical debate | Squamata | 0.60 | section |
| Mosasauria | related to Historical debate | Cuvier | 0.60 | section |
| Mosasauria | related to Historical debate | Mosasaurus | 0.60 | section |
| Mosasauria | related to Historical debate | While | 0.60 | section |
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