Mosasaurus (category Mosasaurs of North America) "lizard of the Meuse River") is the type genus (defining example) of the mosasaurs, an extinct group of aquatic squamate reptiles. It lived from about 82... 150 KB (15,749 words) - 01:32, 24 April 2024 |
Tylosaurus (redirect from Rhamphosaurus (mosasaur)) (tylos) 'protuberance, knob' + Greek σαῦρος (sauros) 'lizard') is a genus of mosasaur, a large, predatory marine reptile closely related to modern monitor lizards... 95 KB (10,205 words) - 15:09, 5 March 2024 |
Prognathodon (redirect from Brachysaurus (mosasaur)) Prognathodon is an extinct genus of marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. It is classified as part of the Mosasaurinae subfamily, alongside genera... 61 KB (7,643 words) - 10:39, 20 March 2024 |
This list of mosasaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the family Mosasauridae or the parent clade Mosasauroidea... 28 KB (1,040 words) - 08:38, 2 March 2024 |
Platecarpus (redirect from Holosaurus (mosasaur)) ("flat wrist") is an extinct genus of aquatic lizards belonging to the mosasaur family, living around 84–81 million years ago during the middle Santonian... 17 KB (1,834 words) - 03:59, 19 September 2023 |
Jormungandr walhallaensis (redirect from Jormungandr (mosasaur)) nearly-complete skull and partial skeleton. Jormungandr was a medium-sized mosasaur, at around 6–8 metres (20–26 ft) long, and its skeletal anatomy exhibits... 15 KB (902 words) - 19:42, 8 April 2024 |
Globidens (category Mosasaurs of North America) plesiosaurs, and other mosasaurs. In some later mosasaur species, their teeth were modified to rend flesh as well. While many other mosasaurs were capable of... 18 KB (1,874 words) - 23:01, 3 January 2024 |
Pontosaurus (redirect from Hydrosaurus (mosasaur)) known from the Sannine Formation in Lebanon. Paleontology portal List of mosasaurs Michael W. Caldwell (2006). "A new species of Pontosaurus (Squamata, Pythonomorpha)... 2 KB (162 words) - 04:13, 1 March 2024 |
Khinjaria (category Mosasaurs of Africa) described Khinjaria acuta as a new genus and species of plioplatecarpine mosasaur based on these fossil remains. The generic name, "Khinjaria", derives from... 6 KB (477 words) - 14:03, 23 March 2024 |
news magazine online, Cephalopod fossil articles. William R. Wahl * Mosasaur Bite Marks on an Ammonite. Preservation of an Aborted Attack? Mosasaur diet... 49 KB (5,527 words) - 23:25, 24 March 2024 |
Megapterygius (category Mosasaurs of Asia) Megapterygius (meaning "large wing") is an extinct genus of mosasaurine mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous Toyajo Formation (Hasegawa Muddy Sandstone Member)... 8 KB (746 words) - 19:09, 16 March 2024 |
Plotosaurus (category Mosasaurs of North America) Plotosaurus ("swimmer lizard") is an extinct genus of mosasaurs who lived during the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) in what is now North America. Only... 12 KB (1,344 words) - 15:46, 15 March 2024 |
Sarabosaurus (category Mosasaurs) and all other later diverging plioplatecarpines. Sarabosaurus is a small mosasaur, with the type specimen estimated at 3 metres (9.8 ft) in total body length... 2 KB (240 words) - 19:34, 14 November 2023 |
Mosasaurinae (category Mosasaurs) The Mosasaurinae are a subfamily of mosasaurs, a diverse group of Late Cretaceous marine squamates. Members of the subfamily are informally and collectively... 12 KB (863 words) - 20:01, 11 December 2023 |
therefore not to mosasaurs, the proposed ancestor in the aquatic scenario of their evolution. However, more evidence links mosasaurs to snakes than to... 150 KB (15,043 words) - 02:22, 27 April 2024 |
Plioplatecarpinae (category Mosasaurs) Plioplatecarpinae is a subfamily of mosasaurs, a diverse group of Late Cretaceous marine squamates. Members of the subfamily are informally and collectively... 11 KB (873 words) - 22:30, 1 March 2024 |
Carinodens (redirect from Compressidens (mosasaur)) Carinodens is an extinct genus of Cretaceous marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. "Carinodens" means "keel teeth" and was named in 1969 as a replacement... 10 KB (1,085 words) - 23:04, 3 January 2024 |
sea. Every year the Luanda Island Feast is held to honor the deity. The mosasaur Prognathodon kianda, found in Angola, was named after her. The Angolan... 3 KB (255 words) - 21:20, 26 April 2024 |
clade is defined as all descendants of the last common ancestor of the mosasaur Mosasaurus hoffmannii and dolichosaurs Dolichosaurus, Coniasaurus, and... 19 KB (1,692 words) - 10:07, 28 April 2024 |
Many researchers believe that snakes share a common marine ancestry with mosasaurs, a suggestion advanced in 1869 by Edward Drinker Cope, who coined the... 17 KB (1,626 words) - 10:36, 25 April 2024 |
Phosphorosaurus (category Mosasaurs of Europe) ("phosphate lizard") is an extinct genus of marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. Phosphorosaurus is classified within the Halisaurinae subfamily... 10 KB (918 words) - 09:30, 30 September 2023 |
(mainly Mesozoic) archosaurs, pterosaurs, and marine reptiles such as mosasaurs and plesiosaurs. Cultural depictions of dinosaurs Stegosaurus in popular... 35 KB (670 words) - 15:03, 26 April 2024 |
Halisaurinae (category Mosasaurs) The Halisaurinae are a subfamily of mosasaurs, a group of Late Cretaceous marine lizards. They were small to medium-sized, ranging from just under 3 meters... 15 KB (1,491 words) - 20:21, 3 December 2023 |
Halisaurus (category Mosasaurs of North America) Halisaurus is an extinct genus of mosasaur named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1869. The holotype, consisting of an angular and a basicranium fragment discovered... 15 KB (1,613 words) - 15:51, 9 April 2024 |
Rempert, Martens & Vinkeles Melchers (2024) describe new fossil material of mosasaurs from the Upper Cretaceous strata in Mississippi (United States), providing... 47 KB (4,631 words) - 09:01, 30 April 2024 |
Demopolis Chalk (section Mosasaurs) habitat segregation of mosasaurs in the Upper Cretaceous of western and central Alabama, with an historical review of Alabama mosasaur discoveries". Journal... 7 KB (302 words) - 04:13, 14 January 2024 |