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Another reptile groupMosasaurCarnivore

Leiodon

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
66–100.5 million years ago
Geologic stages
Cenomanian – Maastrichtian
Named by
Owen, 1842
Fossil occurrences
18 sites

Countries with fossils

  • Antarctica
  • Brazil
  • Germany
  • France
  • Jordan
  • Morocco
  • Poland
  • Sweden
  • Syria
  • Ukraine

Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata