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#NewSpecies of #Mosasaur Identified in Mexico
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/yaguarasaurus-regiomontanus-12480.htmlA new species of #Yaguarasaurus (#Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) from the Agua Nueva Formation (Upper #Turonian – Lower #Coniacian) of Nuevo Leon, #Mexico https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0895981123005060
"this #marine #reptile had a long, slender rostrum and #jaws with small #teeth. The ancient #creature was roughly 5.2 m (17 feet) in length, making it one of the earliest known large #mosasaurs."
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#NewSpecies of #Mosasaur Identified in #Utah https://www.sci.news/paleontology/sarabosaurus-dahli-12021.html
A new lower #Turonian #mosasaurid from the #WesternInteriorSeaway and the antiquity of the unique basicranial circulation pattern in Plioplatecarpinae https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667123001490
"#Mosasaurs were a group of large predatory marine #reptiles that inhabited all of the world’s oceans during the Late #Cretaceous epoch, between 90 and 66 million years ago. These creatures went #extinct during the end-Cretaceous #extinction."