In 2021, scientists identified a new mosasaur species upon the discovery ... fossil used to identify and describe a new species of extinct marine reptile, Xenodens calminechari, in 2021.

Fossilized remains of a previously unknown species of mosasaur, an extinct marine reptile, have been uncovered in the phosphate mines of Sidi Chennane, located in the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region.

Extinct species are every bit as interesting ... during the early part of the Paleogene period. The ancient mosasaur, a giant marine lizard, was a formidable predator that thrived during the ...

Studied by the iconic French naturalist Georges Cuvier, Mosasaurus became evidence that the ancient Earth must have witnessed terrible upheavals that drove some species to extinction. As similar ...

Experts have been able to identify the fossilised specimen as part of the mosasaur species, an extinct group of large marine reptiles. This aquatic predator would have lived in the Pacific Ocean ...