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 ...
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 ...
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Mosasaur lived in freshwater at Hell Creek, not just the sea

A mosasaur tooth discovered alongside a T. rex tooth and a freshwater crocodilian jaw in North Dakota raised new questions about the final days of the Western Interior Seaway. Stable isotope analysis ...
Giant mosasaurs, once thought to be strictly ocean-dwelling predators, may have spent their final chapter prowling freshwater rivers alongside dinosaurs and crocodiles. A massive tooth found in North ...
Remnants of a bizarre “shark-toothed” aquatic predator that lived alongside dinosaurs were probably forged, according to new research. The fossil possesses highly unusual blade-like teeth similar to ...
The Hell Creek Mosasaur, reconstruction by Christopher DiPiazza. Please note that more images and a short video are available at this link: https://springernature-my ...