-
transferred this
Rhinosaurus species to
Tylosaurus; this was
first done in 1873 by
Joseph Leidy.
Tylosaurus subsequently became the
almost universally...
- to
Tylosaurus by John
Campbell Merriam, and one of them was put into
synonymy with T.
proriger by Dale A.
Russell in 1967. Cope
described Tylosaurus in...
-
which enabled them to gulp down
their prey
almost whole. A
skeleton of
Tylosaurus proriger from
South Dakota included remains of the
diving seabird Hesperornis...
-
subfamily includes the
genera Tylosaurus, Taniwhasaurus, and Kaikaifilu,
although some
scientists argue that only
Tylosaurus and
Taniwhasaurus should be...
-
competition with
other large predatory mosasaurs such as
Prognathodon and
Tylosaurus—which were
known to feed on
similar prey—though they were able to coexist...
- p****ing
Tylosaurus killing the shark,
albeit with a
tooth embedded in her flipper. Later, Dolly's
brother is
swallowed whole by a
young Tylosaurus, who in...
- and
Tylosaurus nepaeolicus. The
upper was home to Clidastes,
Platecarpus ictericus, and
Tylosaurus proriger. He
regarded Platecarpus and
Tylosaurus as...
-
predators that
arose around the same time, most
notably the
giant mosasaur Tylosaurus.
Other possible factors include the
gradual disappearance of the Western...
- of 1.2–1.25 m (3.9–4.1 ft). The
largest mosasaurs were Mosasaurus, and
Tylosaurus,
which grew to
around 17 m (56 ft) and were
projected to
weigh up to 20 t...
-
transfer this
taxon within the
genus Tylosaurus, a
proposal that was
carried out in 1971,
being renamed Tylosaurus haumuriensis.
Welles and
Gregg also...
