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2016-05-25 21:54:47 +0000 UTC
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Description
Name:
Mosasaurus (Meuse lizard - after the Meuse River).
Phonetic:
Moe-za-sore-us.
Named By:
William Daniel Conybeare - 1822 (Gideon Mantell added the species name in - 1829).
Synonyms:
Amphekepubis?, Baseodon, Batrachiosaurus, Batrachotherium, Capelliniosuchus, Drepanodon, Lesticodus, Nectoportheus, Mosasaurus fulciatus, Mosasaurus oarthrus, Mosasaurus, maximus, Mosasaurus princeps, Pterycollosaurus.
Classification:
Chordata, Reptilia, Mosasauridae, Mosasaurini.
Species:
M. hoffmannii (type), M. beaugei, M. conodon, M. lemonnieri, M. missouriensis.
Diet:
Carnivore.
Size:
Largest individuals from 15 to potentially up to 18 meters long.
Known locations:
Western Europe and North America, quite probably even further afield.
Time period:
Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation:
Many specimens.
updated 9-10-17
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