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mosasaur [′mō·sə‚sȯr]
(paleontology) Any reptile of the genusMosasaurus; large, aquatic, fish-eating lizards from the Cretaceous which are related to the monitors but had paddle-shaped limbs. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | The majority of the finds so far are skulls and skeletons of turtles, sharks, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs, as well as bones of a sauropod. Having drawn this link in three lineages of extinct marine reptiles - mosasaurs, sauropterygians, and ichthyosaurs - the scientists said that genetic, or chromosomal, sex determination may have played a surprisingly strong role in adaptive radiations and the colonization of the world's oceans by a diverse array of species. One of the mosasaur species has even been dubbed Angolasaurus. |
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