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Mosasaurus

Mosasaurus (/ˌmoʊzəˈsɔːrəs/; "lizard of the Meuse River") is the type genus (defining example) of the Mosasauridae, an extinct group of aquatic squamate reptiles. It lived from about 82 to 66 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous. The genus was one of the first Mesozoic marine reptiles known to science—the…

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related to Discovery and identification · 28
Mosasaurus → Adriaan Gilles Camper, After, At, Barthélemy Faujas, By, Camper, Camper's, Cuvier's, France, French, French Revolutionary Wars, Georges Cuvier, Haarlem, He, In, Johann Leonard Hoffmann, Later, Maastricht, MNHN AC, National Museum
related to Later discoveries and other species · 25
Mosasaurus → Although, Batrachiosaurus, Big Bend, Bonn, Christian Erich Hermann, Clark Expedition, Georg August Goldfuss, Harlan's, Ichthyosaurus, In, Joseph Leidy, Lewis, Maximilian, Meyer, Missouri River, MNHN, Monmouth County, New Jersey, North American, RFWUIP
related to Early depictions · 23
Mosasaurus → Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, Cope, Crystal Palace Park, Goldfuss, Golduss, Hawkins, He, Hermann Schlegel, In, It, Komodo, London, Many, Mark Witton, North America, One, Othniel Charles Marsh, Richard Owen's, Schlegel's, Scientists
related to Extinction · 23
Mosasaurus → Any Mosasaurus, Argentina, As, By, Chicxulub, Cretaceous, Cretaceous Owl Creek Formation, Cretaceous-Paleogene, Davutlar Formation, Denmark, During, Fossil, Jagüel Formation, K-Pg, Maastricht Formation, Maastrichtian, Missouri, Paleocene Clayton Formation, Seymour Island, Stevns Klint
has impact · 22
Mosasaurus → African, Antarctica, Argentina, Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, Canada, During, East Coast, Europe, Late Cretaceous, Levant, Mediterranean Tethys, Midwest, Morocco, Multiple, Russia, South Africa, The, These, Turkey
related to history · 21
Mosasaurus → Because, Caldwell, Carsosaurus, Clidastes, Europe, Hallie Street, It, Michael Caldwell, Microanatomical, Pacific, Plioplatecarpus, Some, South Dakota, Street, Street's, Such, The, There, These, They
related to Habitat preference · 16
Mosasaurus → Alabama, Alberto Perez-Huerta, Changing, Cretaceous, Demopolis Chalk, Hornerstown Formation, It, Known, Lingham-Soliar, Lynn Harrell Jr, Maastrichtian, Netherlands, Previous, Separate, The, To
related to Feeding · 12
Mosasaurus → Allopleuron, Carbon, Chemical, Dental, Fauna, It, Lingham-Soliar, Mosasaurs, Paleontologists, Recent, The, They
related to Interspecific competition · 10
Mosasaurus → Comparisons, Maastrichtian, Maastrichtian-age Maastricht Formation, Prognathodon, Schulp, The, These, This, Tylosaurus, While
related to Postcranial skeleton · 10
Mosasaurus → All, Compared, Like, One, Prognathodon, Rather, SDSM, The, These, Various

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species hoffmanni mosasaurs genus fossils skull lemonnieri missouriensis teeth likely also conodon one marine large known found study may like

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Mosasaurusis amember of the order Squamata0.90text
the Western Interior Seaway in North America coincides with a complete turnover of faunal assemblagesinstance ofits arrival in some locations0.80text
diversityinstance ofits arrival in some locations0.80text
Prognathodoninstance ofMosasaurus faced competition with other large predatory mosasaurs0.80text
Tylosaurusinstance ofMosasaurus faced competition with other large predatory mosasaurs0.80text
a fully aquatic lifestyleinstance ofor a latecoming member with advanced evolutionary traits0.80text
ichthyosaursinstance ofit is now understood that they were more similar in build to other large marine vertebrates0.80text
marine crocodylomorphsinstance ofit is now understood that they were more similar in build to other large marine vertebrates0.80text
and archaeocete whales through convergent evolution.SizeThe type speciesinstance ofit is now understood that they were more similar in build to other large marine vertebrates0.80text
M. hoffmanniinstance ofit is now understood that they were more similar in build to other large marine vertebrates0.80text
is one of the largest marine reptiles knowninstance ofit is now understood that they were more similar in build to other large marine vertebrates0.80text
though knowledge of its skeleton remains incomplete as it is mainly known from skullsinstance ofit is now understood that they were more similar in build to other large marine vertebrates0.80text

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