All There Is To Know About The Mosasaur

 

The mosasaur was a large, marine reptile which is extinct now. The name ‘mosasaur’ mean ‘lizard of Meuse river’. Mosasaurs were not dinosaurs. They were reptiles who belonged to the order of the lizards and snakes known as Squamata.

 

The first mosasaur fossil was found on the Meuse river in Holland in 1764. However, the native Americans had found the fossils long the first description of them came out. They lived in the cretaceous period from the North and South America to Europe, Asia and Australia. There was also a freshwater mosasaur found in Hungary.

Most of these animals were more than 10 feet in length while the overall height ranged from 3 to 50 feet. The used to eat literally anything and everything and this is proven because the stomach contents reveal ammonites, bony fish, plesiosaurs, sea turtles and sea birds too.

This animal species was streamlines, sleek and fast! Their arms and legs were like flippers and they also had a tail fin. They mainly only moved the large fin on their tail in a side to side motion. The body of the mosasaurs was covered in smooth scales which were all very dark in color. Even though they were aquatic animals, they were a type of reptiles which indicates that they had to come to the surface of the water to breathe in air just like the sea turtle.

The jaws of the mosasaurs were very expandable like of the snakes. They could swallow their entirely large prey all at once. They had two sets of teeth at the front side of the upper jaw while another set was present further back in the jaw. These teeth helped them to hold on to the struggling prey and swallow it inside as a whole. The mosasaur teeth for sale is widely available and could be a great and unique part of your collection!