mosasaurus

mow-zuh-saw-ruhs

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meat-on-bone

diet:

Meat

netherlands

found in:

Maastricht, Netherlands

Cretaceous_indicator

period:

Cretaceous: Turonian Maastrichtian

beautiful nerdy facts

  • Means "Lizard of the Meuse River - a river in France.
  • Were reptiles, not dinosaurs.
  • Their closest relatives are snakes and Monitor lizards like the Komodo dragon.
  • Lived in oceans around the globe during the Late Cretaceous.
  • Are considered the T.Rex of the seas, but T.Rex was heavier.
  • Had to surface to breathe, as whales do it 🐋
  • Reached more than 58 ft (17 m), larger than Humpback whales (49 ft - 15 m).

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