Geologists have uncovered the fossil of a mosasaur, an ancient aquatic predator, in Mississippi. Often referred to as a “sea dragon” due to its imposing size and fearsome appearance, this ...

Recent examinations of mosasaur diversity—key representatives of marine reptiles—have led ... The graph below shows the total number of publications each year in Animal Systematics and Taxonomy.

KAINAN, Wakayama Prefecture--A mosasaur fossil found in the mountains in the prefecture almost two decades ago has been determined to be a new genus and species that lived more than 70 million ...

That said, mosasaur didn’t immediately come to mind. “It was so big, we didn’t think it was a mosasaur,” said Leard. “It might be the biggest one ever collected in Mississippi.” ...

A fossilized mosasaur jawbone is pictured in this undated file photo. Paleontologists recently unearthed the fossil of a large mosasaur near a river in northern Texas. ian35mm/Getty ...

Twenty-two years after John Hammond’s ill-fated attempt to open a dinosaur theme park, the world finally got its first look at a functioning park filled with prehistoric creatures and thousands ...

Paleontologists in North Dakota have discovered new species of mosasaur. These giant meat-eating aquatic lizards swam the Earth’s seas about 80 million years ago during the late Cretaceous period.