At the end of the Cretaceous Period, a type of giant reptile called mosasaurs occupied and dominated oceanic food webs. Mosasaurs had long bodies and were related to both snakes and monitor lizards.

Geologists have uncovered the fossil of a mosasaur, an ancient aquatic predator, in Mississippi. Often referred to as a “sea dragon” due to its imposing size and fearsome appearance, this prehistoric ...

Researchers are calling for CT scans to confirm the authenticity of a Cretaceous period fossil that led to the identification of a new mosasaur species. Reading time 3 minutes In 2021, scientists ...

Geologists in Mississippi unearthed a large vertebra belonging to a Mosasaurus hoffmannii, a giant marine reptile from the late Cretaceous period. The discovered vertebra, potentially the largest ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Scientists with Mississippi State University are playing a key role in an exciting new fossil discovery that’s close to campus, a discovery that may represent the largest mosasaur ...

Researchers may have discovered Mississippi's largest ever mosasaur after pulling a Cretaceous-aged fossil out of a riverbed south of Starkville. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...