DD1991 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 An article for anyone interested in the lifestyle of mosasaurs...... http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/09/130910-mosasaur-sea-monster-reptile-tail-ocean-science/ Mosasaurs are usually depicted as having tapering tails like modern lizards, but the fossil of Prognathodon from Jordan shows that mosasaurs had a tail fin like modern day sharks. This discovery may have to force dino-artists to depict mosasaurs with shark-like fins, and it also reminds me of another study (http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/sep/01/mosasaur-evolution-dinosaurs) showing that the plioplatecarpine Platecarpus had a tail supporting a fin like that of ichthyosaurs and metriorhynchids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Wow thanks for sharing! very interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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