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.

A giant "sea dragon" backbone plucked from a riverbank in Mississippi could belong to the largest mosasaur ever found in the state, scientists say. Researchers only found a single vertebra from the ...

Geologists recently discovered the fossil of a Cretaceous-era mosasaur vertebra near Starkville, Mississippi. The experts believe the apex predator of the ancient seas could have weighed 20,000 pounds ...

The remains of a giant “sea monster” that once dominated the oceans was unearthed by geologists on a riverbank in the Mississippi River, scientists have said. Geologists discovered a fossilised single ...

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 ...

There's a giant, vicious lizard monster lurking in the ocean. It's more massive than any creature that exists today. Say hello to the modern-day Mosasaurus. This creature went extinct 66 million years ...

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When the fossil was first spotted on Seymour Island in 2011, no one knew what it was. The structure was flattened and paper-thin, unlike the rigid shells typically preserved in the fossil record. For ...