THE WAKAYAMA SORYU (BLUE DRAGON) WAS A MOSASAUR THE SIZE OF A GREAT WHITE SHARK THAT HAD A DORSAL FIN AND LONG FLIPPERS. Researchers have described a Japanese mosasaur the size of a great white shark ...

Researchers are calling for CT scans to confirm the authenticity of a Cretaceous period fossil that led to the identification of a new mosasaur species. Reading time 3 minutes In 2021, scientists ...

Long before humans existed, giant marine predators ruled the warm prehistoric seas that once covered much of North America. Among them was a newly identified species called Tylosaurus rex, a massive ...

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The Western Interior Seaway once split North America in two, creating a prehistoric ocean packed with predators. One of the ...

Mosasaurs, giant marine reptiles that existed more than 66 million years ago, lived not only in the sea but also in rivers. This is shown by new research based on analyses of a mosasaur tooth found in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mosasaurs were a diverse group of marine lizards which, much like whales and other cetaceans, adapted to life in the oceans. And ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “This is a true, true sea monster,” Starnes recently told the local news outlet Hattiesburg American. “This [was] bigger than most ...

A mosasaur tooth has been found at one of the most famous Late Cretaceous fossil sites in the world. That means the famous marine predators adapted to a freshwater environment, and it seems they ...

Researchers have described a Japanese mosasaur the size of a great white shark that terrorized Pacific seas 72 million years ago. Extra-long rear flippers might have aided propulsion in concert with ...