A tooth recently found in the famous Hell Creek formation in Montana suggests otherwise. According to findings published on ...

Sixty six million years ago, sea monsters really existed. They were mosasaurs, huge marine lizards that lived at the same time as the last dinosaurs. Growing up to 12 metres long, mosasaurs looked ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Paleontologists in North Dakota have discovered new species of ...

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 ...

Mosasaurs were some of the most fearsome apex predators to ever stalk the Cretaceous era’s oceans. And according to Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) geologist James Starnes, a ...

A mosasaur tooth has been found at one of the most famous Late Cretaceous fossil sites in the world. That means the famous ...

No aquatic reptiles today can match mosasaurs, ocean-dwelling creatures of the Cretaceous period that looked something like a cross between a whale and a shark. Now, a group of researchers have ...

Fossils of a giant killer mosasaur have been discovered, along with the fossilized remains of its prey. At the end of the Cretaceous period, 66 million years ago, sea monsters really existed. While ...

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 ...