- (Turonian–Maastrichtian ages), with the
extinction of the
ichthyosaurs and pliosaurs,
mosasaurids became the
dominant marine predators. They
themselves became extinct...
-
mosasauroids to be a non-monophyletic group, with some taxa
nestled within the
mosasaurids.
Daniel Madzia and
Andrea Cau in 2017
defined Mosasauroidea as "the most...
- "sauros",
meaning lizard) is a
monospecific genus of
plioplatecarpine mosasaurid from the
lower Turonian Tropic Shale of Utah,
United States. The type...
- Non-
mosasaurid mosasauroids shall be
noted as such. The list
currently includes 91 genera, out of
which 57 are
considered valid (47
mosasaurids and 10...
- "crocodile-like"
marine reptile,
which eventually came to be
known as the
mosasaurid Mosasaurus of the
Cretaceous period. The
first half of the 19th century...
-
Khinjaria (meaning "dagger") is an
extinct genus of
plioplatecarpine mosasaurid from the Late
Cretaceous Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco. The
genus contains...
- environments; the Late
Cretaceous saw the rise of
large marine forms, the
mosasaurids,
which are the clade's best-known members. The
clade is
defined as all...
- a
phylogenetic context by
Madzia and Cau (2017) as the most
exclusive mosasaurid clade including Mosasaurus and
Tylosaurus but not Halisaurus. S. De Grave...
- Napo
Formation of the Napo Group,
representing the
first finding of a
mosasaurid from the
Upper Cretaceous strata from Ecuador.
Allemand et al. (2024)...
-
Jormungandr is an
extinct genus of
mosasaurid squamates from the
early Campanian Pierre Shale of
North Dakota,
United States. The
genus contains a single...
