Dinosaur Train | Dinosaur Discoveries: Mosasaurus

Posted by Sebrina Pilcher on Tuesday, May 7, 2024

PALEONTOLOGIST.

DURING THE AGE PALEONTOLOGIST.

DURING THE AGE OF DINOSAURS, WHILE GIANT PALEONTOLOGIST.

DURING THE AGE OF DINOSAURS, WHILE GIANT CARNIVORES LIKE T. REX HUNTED OF DINOSAURS, WHILE GIANT CARNIVORES LIKE T. REX HUNTED ANIMALS ON LAND, GIANT CARNIVORES LIKE T. REX HUNTED ANIMALS ON LAND, GIANT PREDATORS JUST AS LARGE SWAM IN ANIMALS ON LAND, GIANT PREDATORS JUST AS LARGE SWAM IN THE OCEANS, AND ONE OF THE PREDATORS JUST AS LARGE SWAM IN THE OCEANS, AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST OF THEM ALL WAS THE OCEANS, AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST OF THEM ALL WAS MOSASAURUS.

MOSASAURUS WAS BIGGEST OF THEM ALL WAS MOSASAURUS.

MOSASAURUS WAS HUGE!

IT HAD A HUGE HEAD, HUGE MOSASAURUS.

MOSASAURUS WAS HUGE!

IT HAD A HUGE HEAD, HUGE TEETH, HUGE, POWERFUL FLIPPERS, HUGE!

IT HAD A HUGE HEAD, HUGE TEETH, HUGE, POWERFUL FLIPPERS, AND A HUGE TAIL.

THE LARGEST TEETH, HUGE, POWERFUL FLIPPERS, AND A HUGE TAIL.

THE LARGEST MOSASAURUS GREW TO ABOUT 50 AND A HUGE TAIL.

THE LARGEST MOSASAURUS GREW TO ABOUT 50 FEET LONG AND WEIGHED 15 TONS!

MOSASAURUS GREW TO ABOUT 50 FEET LONG AND WEIGHED 15 TONS!

THAT'S BIGGER THAN T. REX!

FEET LONG AND WEIGHED 15 TONS!

THAT'S BIGGER THAN T. REX!

MOSASAURUS WAS A PREDATORY THAT'S BIGGER THAN T. REX!

MOSASAURUS WAS A PREDATORY REPTILE, BUT IT WASN'T A MOSASAURUS WAS A PREDATORY REPTILE, BUT IT WASN'T A DINOSAUR.

NOPE.

IT BELONGS TO REPTILE, BUT IT WASN'T A DINOSAUR.

NOPE.

IT BELONGS TO THE SAME GROUP OF REPTILES AS DINOSAUR.

NOPE.

IT BELONGS TO THE SAME GROUP OF REPTILES AS LIZARDS.

IN FACT, SOME OF THE THE SAME GROUP OF REPTILES AS LIZARDS.

IN FACT, SOME OF THE CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVES OF LIZARDS.

IN FACT, SOME OF THE CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVES OF MOSASAURUS ALIVE TODAY ARE CLOSEST LIVING RELATIVES OF MOSASAURUS ALIVE TODAY ARE GIANT LAND LIZARDS LIKE THE MOSASAURUS ALIVE TODAY ARE GIANT LAND LIZARDS LIKE THE KOMODO DRAGON.

YOU CAN SEE THEY GIANT LAND LIZARDS LIKE THE KOMODO DRAGON.

YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE A LOT IN COMMON.

FOR KOMODO DRAGON.

YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE A LOT IN COMMON.

FOR EXAMPLE, THEY BOTH HAVE BIG HAVE A LOT IN COMMON.

FOR EXAMPLE, THEY BOTH HAVE BIG HEADS WITH PLENTY OF SHARP EXAMPLE, THEY BOTH HAVE BIG HEADS WITH PLENTY OF SHARP TEETH, AS WELL LONG, STRONG HEADS WITH PLENTY OF SHARP TEETH, AS WELL LONG, STRONG TAILS, BUT MOSASAURUS HAD TEETH, AS WELL LONG, STRONG TAILS, BUT MOSASAURUS HAD FLIPPERS INSTEAD OF LEGS AND TAILS, BUT MOSASAURUS HAD FLIPPERS INSTEAD OF LEGS AND PROBABLY COULDN'T EVEN COME OUT FLIPPERS INSTEAD OF LEGS AND PROBABLY COULDN'T EVEN COME OUT OF THE WATER.

INSTEAD, IT WAS PROBABLY COULDN'T EVEN COME OUT OF THE WATER.

INSTEAD, IT WAS AN EXPERT SWIMMER AND A GREAT OF THE WATER.

INSTEAD, IT WAS AN EXPERT SWIMMER AND A GREAT HUNTER, FEEDING ON FISH, SQUID, AN EXPERT SWIMMER AND A GREAT HUNTER, FEEDING ON FISH, SQUID, AND SHELLED CREATURES LIKE HUNTER, FEEDING ON FISH, SQUID, AND SHELLED CREATURES LIKE AMMONITES.

ISN'T IT AMAZING AND SHELLED CREATURES LIKE AMMONITES.

ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO AMMONITES.

ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO REPTILES LIVING IN THE OCEANS THAT MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO REPTILES LIVING IN THE OCEANS WERE BIGGER THAN MOST DINOSAURS REPTILES LIVING IN THE OCEANS WERE BIGGER THAN MOST DINOSAURS ROAMING AROUND ON LAND?

OK.

WERE BIGGER THAN MOST DINOSAURS ROAMING AROUND ON LAND?

OK. KEEP WATCHING FOR MORE DINOSAUR ROAMING AROUND ON LAND?

OK. KEEP WATCHING FOR MORE DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES!

KEEP WATCHING FOR MORE DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES!

>>HELLO, FOLKS.

IT'S ME THE

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