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Mosasauria

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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related to Modern controversy · 26
Mosasauria → Alessandro Palci, Alexander Pyron, An, Anguimorpha, Another, Caldwell, Conrad, DNA, Due, For, Gauthier, However, Lee, Michael, Mosasauroidea, Multiple, Nevertheless, One, Prior, Pythonomorpha
related to Historical debate · 23
Mosasauria → Anguimorpha, Conrad, Cope, Cuvier, Cuvier's, He, In, Instead, Many, Marsh, Mosasaurus, One, Pythonomorpha, Some, Squamata, The, These, Thus, Varanidae, Varanoidea
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Mosasauria → clade of aquatic and semiaquatic squamates that lived during the Cretaceous period

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mosasaurs snakes clade pythonomorpha lizards dolichosaurs monitor mosasaurus relationship hypothesis lee placement sister group descendants study recovered within related mosasaurians

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Mosasauriais aclade of aquatic and semiaquatic squamates that lived during the Cretaceous period0.90text
Leeinstance ofMultiple subsequent studies conducted by scientists0.80text
Caldwellinstance ofMultiple subsequent studies conducted by scientists0.80text
and Alessandro Palci refined this hypothesisinstance ofMultiple subsequent studies conducted by scientists0.80text
where in someinstance ofMultiple subsequent studies conducted by scientists0.80text
the Mosasauria clade was revivedinstance ofMultiple subsequent studies conducted by scientists0.80text
repurposedinstance ofMultiple subsequent studies conducted by scientists0.80text
Mosasauriarelated to Historical debateThe0.60section
Mosasauriarelated to Historical debateSquamata0.60section
Mosasauriarelated to Historical debateCuvier0.60section
Mosasauriarelated to Historical debateMosasaurus0.60section
Mosasauriarelated to Historical debateWhile0.60section

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