Platycarpus ictericus, mosasaur skull Kentrosaurus rib-shaped bones

rib-shaped bones

This is confirmed by the gut contents

known as the Lakin tablet found at Point Pleasant

PLEASE NOTE

The skull was set at an acute angle

Platycarpus ictericus, mosasaur skull Kentrosaurus rib-shaped bonesMosasaurs were a group of predatory marine reptiles that were very successful during the Late Cretaceous Period. The first mosasaur fossils were found in the 1770's in a mine in the Netherlands, more than 50 years before the first dinosaur bones were found. Mosasaurs were among the first fossils recognized and scientifically described. "Mosasaur" means "reptile of the Meuse," a river near the quarry where mosasaurs were first found. Mosasaurs were