Description
Order Squamata (Diupsid Reptiles)
Suborder Lacertila (Lizard)
Family Plotosaurus Mosasauridae
Late Cretaceoous
75 Million Years Old
Morocco
Measures approx. 6 in x 4 in.
Original teeth set in jaw
The Mosasaurus existed during the Maastrichtian age of the late Cretaceous period, between about 70 and 66 million years ago, in western Europe, North America, and possibly Japan and New Zealand. The name means “Meuse lizard”, as the first specimen was found near the Meuse River.
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