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The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomen dubium), or were not formally published (nomen nudum), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered mosasauroid. Non-mosasaurid mosasauroids shall be noted as such.
The parietal foramen in Mosasaurus, which is associated with the parietal eye, is the smallest among mosasaurids. [25] The quadrate bone, which connected the lower jaw to the rest of the skull and formed the jaw joint, is tall and somewhat rectangular in shape, differing from the rounder quadrates found in typical mosasaurs. [5]
Pages in category "Mosasaurids" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Amphekepubis; Amphorosteus; E.
Mosasaurids (2 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Mosasaurs" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
During the last 20 million years of the Cretaceous period (Turonian–Maastrichtian ages), with the extinction of the ichthyosaurs and pliosaurs, mosasaurids became the dominant marine predators. They themselves became extinct as a result of the K-Pg event at the end of the Cretaceous period, about 66 million years ago.
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Fossils belonging to the group have been found in all continents around the world. Early mosasaurians like dolichosaurs were small long-bodied lizards that inhabited nearshore coastal and freshwater environments; the Late Cretaceous saw the rise of large marine forms, the mosasaurids, which are the clade's best-known members. [4]
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