For a little while, Mosasaurus maximus was my labmate. The sharp-toothed marine predator was an inoffensive neighbor, though – no doubt because only the fossilized bones, coated in beeswax to ...

Klompmaker said a specimen nicknamed “Sweetie,” found in Lowndes County in 1991, has been classified as a Mosasaurus maximus, and may be one of the largest ever found. Paleontologists believe ...

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Mosasaurus and other mosasaurs ruled the seas for millions of years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Mosasaurs went extinct ...

Dr. Scott explains all about the prehistoric marine species Mosasaurus. Dr. Scott explains all about the prehistoric marine species Mosasaurus. Dinosaur Train is available to stream on pbs.org and ...

Not all mosasaurs fed this way. Konishi and coauthors point out that a skeleton of a different mosasaur named Prognathodon, found in the same area at the same geologic level, had remains of fish ...

Meet Mosasaurus, a gigantic carnivore that swam seas around the globe 80 million to 66 million years ago. On June 12, you can see one doing its best Shamu impression in Jurassic World. Few people ...

A Feb. 21 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) claims to show footage of a Mosasaurus, a water-dwelling reptile that lived millions of years ago. "Extinct Animals Caught On Camera," reads ...

The mosasaur was the apex predator of the seas when dinosaurs roamed land. Geologists working in Mississippi recently stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator.