Mosasaurs, extinct marine reptiles that dominated Earth's oceans during the Late Cretaceous period, have fascinated scientists since their discovery in 1766 near Maastricht, Netherlands. These ...

At the end of the Cretaceous Period, a type of giant reptile called mosasaurs occupied and dominated oceanic food webs. Mosasaurs had long bodies and were related to both snakes and monitor lizards.

Mosasaurs, giant marine reptiles that existed more than 66 million years ago, lived not only in the sea but also in rivers. This is shown by new research based on analyses of a mosasaur tooth found in ...

A mosasaur tooth has been found at one of the most famous Late Cretaceous fossil sites in the world. That means the famous marine predators adapted to a freshwater environment, and it seems they ...

Mosasaur evolution represents one of the most striking examples of evolutionary innovation among marine reptiles. Emerging in the mid-Cretaceous, these marine squamates rapidly diversified to occupy a ...

The predators, which were made famous in the “Jurassic World” franchise, likely arose at least three times Riley Black - Science Correspondent In 1780, before the word “paleontology” had even been ...

Researchers are calling for CT scans to confirm the authenticity of a Cretaceous period fossil that led to the identification of a new mosasaur species. Reading time 3 minutes In 2021, scientists ...

A new discovery has revealed a previously unknown species of mosasaur, Jormungander walhallaensi, shedding new light on the oceans of the Late Cretaceous period. Named after the legendary Norse sea ...