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Another reptile groupMosasaurCarnivore

Gnathomortis

Giant sea lizards that ruled the oceans of the Late Cretaceous. The largest topped 10 metres, and they died out together with the dinosaurs.

Who it is related to: Part of the group of today's lizards and snakes, so closer to monitor lizards than to any dinosaur.

This page has only the scientific data from the databases; there is no hand-written description yet.

Scientific details

Group
Mosasaurs
Family
Mosasauridae
When it lived
72.2–83.6 million years ago
Geologic stages
Campanian
Named by
Lively, 2020
Fossil occurrences
1 sites

Countries with fossils

  • United States

Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata