mosasaur in English
noun
1
a large extinct marine reptile of the late Cretaceous period, with large toothed jaws, paddlelike limbs, and a long flattened tail, related to the monitor lizards.
The remains include the bones of dinosaurs, birds, and large marine reptiles such as mosasaurs and elasmosaurs, as well as fossilized sponges, mollusks, pine cones, and diverse fish teeth.
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1. Mosasaur bones have also been found with shark teeth embedded in them.
2. Despite the many mosasaur remains collected worldwide, knowledge of the nature of their skin coverings remains in its early stages.
3. A skeleton of Tylosaurus proriger from South Dakota included remains of the diving seabird Hesperornis, a marine bony fish, a possible shark, and another, smaller mosasaur (Clidastes).