#tylosaurus — Public Fediverse posts

🦴🔬 A #fossil sitting in a #museum drawer since 1979 turned out to be a brand new species: *#Tylosaurus rex*.

Lead researcher Amelia Zietlow (#AMNH) noticed that a #Texas #mosasaur specimen labeled as a known species didn’t match its relatives. The 13-meter-long apex #predator had serrated #teeth, massive jaw #muscles, and battle #scars from fights with its own kind.

👉 https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/theres-a-new-t-rex-from-the-dinosaur-age-and-it-ruled-the-seas-with-a-skull-crushing-bite

#paleontology #mosasaur #cretaceous #marinereptile #dinosaurs #science #natural #history #nature #evolution

🦴🔬 A #fossil sitting in a #museum drawer since 1979 turned out to be a brand new species: *#Tylosaurus rex*.

Lead researcher Amelia Zietlow (#AMNH) noticed that a #Texas #mosasaur specimen labeled as a known species didn’t match its relatives. The 13-meter-long apex #predator had serrated #teeth, massive jaw #muscles, and battle #scars from fights with its own kind.

👉 https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/theres-a-new-t-rex-from-the-dinosaur-age-and-it-ruled-the-seas-with-a-skull-crushing-bite

#paleontology #mosasaur #cretaceous #marinereptile #dinosaurs #science #natural #history #nature #evolution

🦴🔬 A #fossil sitting in a #museum drawer since 1979 turned out to be a brand new species: *#Tylosaurus rex*.

Lead researcher Amelia Zietlow (#AMNH) noticed that a #Texas #mosasaur specimen labeled as a known species didn’t match its relatives. The 13-meter-long apex #predator had serrated #teeth, massive jaw #muscles, and battle #scars from fights with its own kind.

👉 https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/theres-a-new-t-rex-from-the-dinosaur-age-and-it-ruled-the-seas-with-a-skull-crushing-bite

#paleontology #mosasaur #cretaceous #marinereptile #dinosaurs #science #natural #history #nature #evolution

🦴🔬 A #fossil sitting in a #museum drawer since 1979 turned out to be a brand new species: *#Tylosaurus rex*.

Lead researcher Amelia Zietlow (#AMNH) noticed that a #Texas #mosasaur specimen labeled as a known species didn’t match its relatives. The 13-meter-long apex #predator had serrated #teeth, massive jaw #muscles, and battle #scars from fights with its own kind.

👉 https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/theres-a-new-t-rex-from-the-dinosaur-age-and-it-ruled-the-seas-with-a-skull-crushing-bite

#paleontology #mosasaur #cretaceous #marinereptile #dinosaurs #science #natural #history #nature #evolution

🦴🔬 A #fossil sitting in a #museum drawer since 1979 turned out to be a brand new species: *#Tylosaurus rex*.

Lead researcher Amelia Zietlow (#AMNH) noticed that a #Texas #mosasaur specimen labeled as a known species didn’t match its relatives. The 13-meter-long apex #predator had serrated #teeth, massive jaw #muscles, and battle #scars from fights with its own kind.

👉 https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/theres-a-new-t-rex-from-the-dinosaur-age-and-it-ruled-the-seas-with-a-skull-crushing-bite

#paleontology #mosasaur #cretaceous #marinereptile #dinosaurs #science #natural #history #nature #evolution

https://www.europesays.com/uk/978544/ ‘T. rex’ Mosasaur Ruled the Seas 80 Million Years Ago #Cretaceous #fossil #Mosasaur #Mosasauridae #NorthAmerica #Science #Squamata #teeth #Texas #Tylosaurinae #Tylosaurus #TylosaurusProriger #TylosaurusRex #UK #UnitedKingdom #UnitedStates #WesternInteriorSeaway

https://www.europesays.com/ie/496464/ ‘T. rex’ Mosasaur Ruled the Seas 80 Million Years Ago #Cretaceous #Éire #fossil #IE #Ireland #Mosasaur #Mosasauridae #NorthAmerica #Science #Squamata #Teeth #Texas #Tylosaurinae #Tylosaurus #TylosaurusProriger #TylosaurusRex #UnitedStates #WesternInteriorSeaway

The new CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Tylosaurus figure has an incredible amount of detail.

Make it yours: https://everythingdinosaur.info/collecta-tylosaurus

✅ ram on the snout
✅ pterygoid teeth
✅ glottis and forked tongue
✅ hypocercal tail

It is a highly accurate representation of Tylosaurus proriger. The model reflects links to the Squamata.

#EverythingDinosaur #Tylosaurus #tylosaurusproriger #PrehistoricAnimals #MarineReptiles #Prehistoricanimalmodels #tylosaurusmodel #marinereptilemodel #Squamata

The new CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Tylosaurus figure has an incredible amount of detail.

Make it yours: https://everythingdinosaur.info/collecta-tylosaurus

✅ ram on the snout
✅ pterygoid teeth
✅ glottis and forked tongue
✅ hypocercal tail

It is a highly accurate representation of Tylosaurus proriger. The model reflects links to the Squamata.

#EverythingDinosaur #Tylosaurus #tylosaurusproriger #PrehistoricAnimals #MarineReptiles #Prehistoricanimalmodels #tylosaurusmodel #marinereptilemodel #Squamata

The new CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Tylosaurus figure has an incredible amount of detail.

Make it yours: https://everythingdinosaur.info/collecta-tylosaurus

✅ ram on the snout
✅ pterygoid teeth
✅ glottis and forked tongue
✅ hypocercal tail

It is a highly accurate representation of Tylosaurus proriger. The model reflects links to the Squamata.

#EverythingDinosaur #Tylosaurus #tylosaurusproriger #PrehistoricAnimals #MarineReptiles #Prehistoricanimalmodels #tylosaurusmodel #marinereptilemodel #Squamata

The new CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Tylosaurus figure has an incredible amount of detail.

Make it yours: https://everythingdinosaur.info/collecta-tylosaurus

✅ ram on the snout
✅ pterygoid teeth
✅ glottis and forked tongue
✅ hypocercal tail

It is a highly accurate representation of Tylosaurus proriger. The model reflects links to the Squamata.

#EverythingDinosaur #Tylosaurus #tylosaurusproriger #PrehistoricAnimals #MarineReptiles #Prehistoricanimalmodels #tylosaurusmodel #marinereptilemodel #Squamata

The new CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Tylosaurus figure has an incredible amount of detail.

Make it yours: https://everythingdinosaur.info/collecta-tylosaurus

✅ ram on the snout
✅ pterygoid teeth
✅ glottis and forked tongue
✅ hypocercal tail

It is a highly accurate representation of Tylosaurus proriger. The model reflects links to the Squamata.

#EverythingDinosaur #Tylosaurus #tylosaurusproriger #PrehistoricAnimals #MarineReptiles #Prehistoricanimalmodels #tylosaurusmodel #marinereptilemodel #Squamata

Today's marine reptile artwork is "Cretaceous Jaws," an acrylic painting from 2001; featuring Cretoxyrhina (top left), an adult Tylosaurus (top right), two Squalicorax (bottom right), and a juvenile Tylosaurus (middle left).

#SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Sharks #Cretaceous #Cretoxyrhina #Tylosaurus #Mosasaurus #Squalicorax #MarineReptiles #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

Today's marine reptile artwork is "Cretaceous Jaws," an acrylic painting from 2001; featuring Cretoxyrhina (top left), an adult Tylosaurus (top right), two Squalicorax (bottom right), and a juvenile Tylosaurus (middle left).

#SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Sharks #Cretaceous #Cretoxyrhina #Tylosaurus #Mosasaurus #Squalicorax #MarineReptiles #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

Today's marine reptile artwork is "Cretaceous Jaws," an acrylic painting from 2001; featuring Cretoxyrhina (top left), an adult Tylosaurus (top right), two Squalicorax (bottom right), and a juvenile Tylosaurus (middle left).

#SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Sharks #Cretaceous #Cretoxyrhina #Tylosaurus #Mosasaurus #Squalicorax #MarineReptiles #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

Today's marine reptile artwork is "Cretaceous Jaws," an acrylic painting from 2001; featuring Cretoxyrhina (top left), an adult Tylosaurus (top right), two Squalicorax (bottom right), and a juvenile Tylosaurus (middle left).

#SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Sharks #Cretaceous #Cretoxyrhina #Tylosaurus #Mosasaurus #Squalicorax #MarineReptiles #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

Today's marine reptile artwork is "Cretaceous Jaws," an acrylic painting from 2001; featuring Cretoxyrhina (top left), an adult Tylosaurus (top right), two Squalicorax (bottom right), and a juvenile Tylosaurus (middle left).

#SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Sharks #Cretaceous #Cretoxyrhina #Tylosaurus #Mosasaurus #Squalicorax #MarineReptiles #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

Examining the mouth of the new for 2026 CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Tylosaurus (T. proriger) model. This figure has pterygoid teeth, a glottis, a forked tongue and a tongue sheath.

Accurate details on a #Tylosaurus model.

#tylosaurusproriger, #Collecta #marinereptile #prehistoricanimalmodels

Examining the mouth of the new for 2026 CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Tylosaurus (T. proriger) model. This figure has pterygoid teeth, a glottis, a forked tongue and a tongue sheath.

Accurate details on a #Tylosaurus model.

#tylosaurusproriger, #Collecta #marinereptile #prehistoricanimalmodels

Examining the mouth of the new for 2026 CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Tylosaurus (T. proriger) model. This figure has pterygoid teeth, a glottis, a forked tongue and a tongue sheath.

Accurate details on a #Tylosaurus model.

#tylosaurusproriger, #Collecta #marinereptile #prehistoricanimalmodels

Examining the mouth of the new for 2026 CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Tylosaurus (T. proriger) model. This figure has pterygoid teeth, a glottis, a forked tongue and a tongue sheath.

Accurate details on a #Tylosaurus model.

#tylosaurusproriger, #Collecta #marinereptile #prehistoricanimalmodels

Examining the mouth of the new for 2026 CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Tylosaurus (T. proriger) model. This figure has pterygoid teeth, a glottis, a forked tongue and a tongue sheath.

Accurate details on a #Tylosaurus model.

#tylosaurusproriger, #Collecta #marinereptile #prehistoricanimalmodels

It's marine reptile Wednesday!

Here is an old acrylic painting from 2021, depicting a Cretoxyrhina (shark, top left), two Squalicorax (sharks, bottom right), and two Tylosaurus (juvenile left, adult right). This was a private commission.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Cretoxyrhina #Squalicorax #Sharks #Tylosaurus #Mosasaurus #WildlifeArt #Jurassic #JurassicWorld

Then we have the marine animals
#Basilosaurus Built to move its tail properly
#Mosasaurus #Tylosaurus with their feet alongside their bodies to allow them to swim
#Plesiosaurus #Elasmosaurus with their long necks and flippers out to the side
#Cryptoclidus #Kronosaurus
#Itchyosaurus #Shonisaurus
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Then we have the marine animals
#Basilosaurus Built to move its tail properly
#Mosasaurus #Tylosaurus with their feet alongside their bodies to allow them to swim
#Plesiosaurus #Elasmosaurus with their long necks and flippers out to the side
#Cryptoclidus #Kronosaurus
#Itchyosaurus #Shonisaurus
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Then we have the marine animals
#Basilosaurus Built to move its tail properly
#Mosasaurus #Tylosaurus with their feet alongside their bodies to allow them to swim
#Plesiosaurus #Elasmosaurus with their long necks and flippers out to the side
#Cryptoclidus #Kronosaurus
#Itchyosaurus #Shonisaurus
6/X

Then we have the marine animals
#Basilosaurus Built to move its tail properly
#Mosasaurus #Tylosaurus with their feet alongside their bodies to allow them to swim
#Plesiosaurus #Elasmosaurus with their long necks and flippers out to the side
#Cryptoclidus #Kronosaurus
#Itchyosaurus #Shonisaurus
6/X

Then we have the marine animals
#Basilosaurus Built to move its tail properly
#Mosasaurus #Tylosaurus with their feet alongside their bodies to allow them to swim
#Plesiosaurus #Elasmosaurus with their long necks and flippers out to the side
#Cryptoclidus #Kronosaurus
#Itchyosaurus #Shonisaurus
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

A zoom into one of my Western Interior Seaway illustrations from DINOSAUR BEHAVIOUR, by Prof Mike Benton. Featured are two Triceratops crossing a waterway with two curious and hungry Tylosaurus.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Triceratops #Tylosaurus #USA #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld #CampCretaceous #WildlifeArt #WildlifePhotographer #FossilFriday

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Here's one of my Western Interior Seaway illustrations from DINOSAUR BEHAVIOUR, by Prof Michael Benton (published by @princetonupress). Featured are two Triceratops crossing a waterway with two curious and hungry Tylosaurus.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Paleontology #Triceratops #Tylosaurus #USA #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld #WildlifeArt #WildlifePhotographer #FossilFriday

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

A few crops from my lurking Platecarpus painting, from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA (I supplied them with four murals and three illustrations for graphics boards).

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Platecarpus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #Tylosaurus #Dinosaurs #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

A few crops from my lurking Platecarpus painting, from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA (I supplied them with four murals and three illustrations for graphics boards).

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Platecarpus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #Tylosaurus #Dinosaurs #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

A few crops from my lurking Platecarpus painting, from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA (I supplied them with four murals and three illustrations for graphics boards).

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Platecarpus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #Tylosaurus #Dinosaurs #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

A few crops from my lurking Platecarpus painting, from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA (I supplied them with four murals and three illustrations for graphics boards).

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Platecarpus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #Tylosaurus #Dinosaurs #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

A few crops from my lurking Platecarpus painting, from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA (I supplied them with four murals and three illustrations for graphics boards).

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Platecarpus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #Tylosaurus #Dinosaurs #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

One last Platecarpus painting, from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA (I supplied them with four murals and three illustrations for graphics boards).

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Platecarpus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #Tylosaurus #Dinosaurs #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

A photo taken during the installation of the mosasaur half of my large Western Interior Seaway mural (2021), for Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Platecarpus #Tylosaurus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #Ammonites #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

A photo of the installation of my Tylosaurus, from the mosasaur half of my large Western Interior Seaway mural (2021), for Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA. Gonna need a bigger boat . . .

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Tylosaurus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Here's the fish half of my large Western Interior Seaway mural (2021) for Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA. Featured are a Xiphactinus, Apsopelix, a school of Caproberyx around a Tylosaurus skeleton, and a variety of ammonites.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Xiphactinus #Tylosaurus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #Ammonites #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Yesterday's hunter becomes the prey. Here's the mosasaur half of my large Western Interior Seaway mural (2021) for Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA. Featured are a group of Platecarpus fleeing a Tylosaurus, Apsopelix fish, and a variety of ammonites.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Platecarpus #Tylosaurus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Yesterday's hunter becomes the prey. Here's the mosasaur half of my large mural (2021) for Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA. Featured are a group of Platecarpus fleeing a Tylosaurus, Apsopelix fish, and a variety of ammonites.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Platecarpus #Tylosaurus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #Ammonites #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Here are some photos of the mosasaur half of my large Western Interior Seaway mural (2021) for Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Also pictured are a bunch of marine reptile fossils, including a Platecarpus skull.

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Platecarpus #Tylosaurus #Mosasaurus #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld #FossilFriday#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Here's a closer look at the school of Caproberyx around a Tylosaurus skeleton, from the fish half of my large Western Interior Seaway mural (2021) for Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA. Also featured are a Xiphactinus, Apsopelix, and a variety of ammonites.

#Painting #PaleoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Xiphactinus #Tylosaurus #Mosasaurus #Ammonites #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Here is a larger image of my Cretaceous Jaws painting (acrylic on card), from 2001. Depicted are two Squalicorax, a Cretoxyrhina eating a juvenile Tylosaurus, and an adult tylosaur.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Sharks #Tylosaurus

This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Tylosaurus.

The story of Tylosaurus takes us to the bone wars between Marsh and Cope.
When a fragmentary skull was described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1869, he called it Macrosaurus progriger. He later, without reason, moved it to Liodon.

Marsh then argued that Liodon proriger and dyspelor were different enough to be their own species. He called the new species Rhinosaurus

Cope argued that was an occupied synonym for Liodon. He suggested Rhamphosaurus.
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This weeks #Lego #MarineReptile of the week will be #Tylosaurus

Each build come with a fact sheet, and parts list.
#Dinosauroftheweek
#Reptileoftheweek
#Qucikbuild
#LegoMOC

Want to build this little guy? Well here's the instructions - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1F13VWLrS5-F22zWJ7AGck536CdKYBV2Z?usp=sharing

Reposting some more art.

Tylosaurus breaches after a long dive

#paleoart #mosasaurs # blender #art #3dart #tylosaurus #cretaceous

Today's #megafauna is tylosaurus, a late #cretaceous mosasaur that swam through water with its tail (not its flippers.)The long, narrow snout of #tylosaurus reduced drag as it swam. It also hosted a powerful jaw and upwards of 70 teeth.

However, the reduction of teeth and reinforced tip of the snout suggest that tylosaurus likely rammed large prey from below. Tylosaurus fed on just about anything, including other #mosasaurs, sharks, pterosaurs, and swept-away carcasses of land #dinosaurs.

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

One last Platecarpus painting, from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA (I supplied them with four murals and three illustrations for graphics boards).

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Platecarpus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #Tylosaurus #Dinosaurs #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

One last Platecarpus painting, from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA (I supplied them with four murals and three illustrations for graphics boards).

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Platecarpus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #Tylosaurus #Dinosaurs #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark