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.

THE WAKAYAMA SORYU (BLUE DRAGON) WAS A MOSASAUR THE SIZE OF A GREAT WHITE SHARK THAT HAD A DORSAL FIN AND LONG FLIPPERS. Researchers have described a Japanese mosasaur the size of a great white shark ...

Maximilian Scott, a volunteer at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and recent Masters degree graduate from the University of Manitoba, will discuss “The social ecology of mosasaurs ...

A Mississippi paleontologist made a chance discovery of the skull of a mosasaur and scientists recently removed a large block of hard clay containing the skull along with other bones that were ...

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 ...

Geologists have uncovered the fossil of a mosasaur, an ancient aquatic predator, in Mississippi. Often referred to as a “sea dragon” due to its imposing size and fearsome appearance, this prehistoric ...

Researchers have described a Japanese mosasaur the size of a great white shark that terrorized Pacific seas 72 million years ago. The mosasaur was named for the place where it was found, Wakayama ...