Giant mosasaurs, once thought to be strictly ocean-dwelling predators, may have spent their final chapter prowling freshwater ...
Mosasaurs underwent a major lifestyle change during the late Cretaceous period and adapted to living in a completely new ...
Until now, these terrifying giant aquatic reptiles with a bulky skull and powerful jaws were thought to be sea-dwelling ...
Scientists from several countries have determined that mosasaurs, Cretaceous-era marine reptiles, once thrived in freshwater ...
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 ...
A tooth recently found in the famous Hell Creek formation in Montana suggests otherwise. According to findings published on ...
A giant ocean predator that terrorised the seas during the time of the dinosaurs may have also hunted in rivers, a tooth ...
At the end of the Cretaceous Period, a type of giant reptile called mosasaurs occupied and dominated oceanic food webs.
A giant marine predator, once believed to roam only the seas, may have also inhabited ancient rivers 66 million years ago.
Learn how chemical clues reveal a mosasaur was hunting in freshwater rivers as the Cretaceous seaway receded.