mosasaurus
mow-zuh-saw-ruhs
diet:
Meat
found in:
Maastricht, Netherlands
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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