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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
