Tylosaurus
Sign in to saveTylosaurus (; "knob lizard") is a genus of russellosaurine mosasaur (an extinct group of predatory marine lizards) that lived about 92 to 66 million years ago during the Turonian to Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found primarily around North Atlantic Ocean including in North America, Europe, and Africa.
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- Research history
- Possible first finds
- First formal discoveries
- Later discoveries and other species
- Depiction history
- Description
- Size
- Skull
- Cranium
- Jaws and teeth
- Postcranial skeleton
- Soft tissue
- Skin and coloration
- Respiratory system
- Classification
- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny and evolution
- Paleobiology
- Function of edentulous rostrum
- Growth and development
- Metabolism
- Mobility
- Feeding
- Social behavior
- Paleopathology
- Paleoecology
- Habitat preference
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Tylosaurus (; "knob lizard") is a genus of russellosaurine mosasaur (an extinct group of predatory marine lizards) that lived about 92 to 66 million years ago during the Turonian to Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found primarily around North Atlantic Ocean including in North America, Europe, and Africa.
==Research history==
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