A paleontological discovery made in Kansas back in 1991 is now being hailed as the smallest Tylosaurus mosasaur ever uncovered. Unearthed from a Late Cretaceous rock formation dubbed Niobrara ...

Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Scientists have identified the smallest Tylosaurus mosasaur specimen in the fossil record. Though unearthed nearly 15 years ago, scientists were unsure of the fossil's identity.

Smallest ever Tylosaurus fossil sheds light on species Date: October 12, 2018 Source: Taylor & Francis Group Summary: The smallest Tylosaurus mosasaur fossil ever found has been revealed in a new ...

The fossils represent the youngest and smallest specimen of Tylosaurus ever found. Everhart confirmed to Konishi that the baby mosasaur was found alone with no associated fossils.

While Tylosaurus was huge, and the mosasaur in Jurassic World was depicted at twice its actual size, it was no match compared to the largest sea monster to swim the seas.

This doesn't mean that the remains of other mosasaurs are not found in each of the zones, but rather that the remains from one genus dominate each assemblage, making up 57.7% (Tylosaurus), 78.2% ...

The newborn Tylosaurus bones are so small that they fit on a person's hand. Here, you can see (from left to right) the partial snout with teeth and tooth bases, the partial braincase, and a ...

An 85-million-year-old fossil found in Kansas in 1991 is that of a newborn mosasaur, a prehistoric sea monster featured in “Jurassic World.” The fossil is said to be that of the youngest ...

The ancient sea monster was the nearly complete skeleton of a marine reptile known as a mosasaur, likely of the genus Tylosaurus, that lived during the dinosaur age about 70 million years ago.

The smallest Tylosaurus mosasaur fossil ever found has been revealed in a new study in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology and surprisingly it lacks a trademark feature of the species.

An 85-million-year-old fossil found in Kansas in 1991 is that of a newborn mosasaur, a prehistoric sea monster featured in “Jurassic World.” The fossil is said to be that of the youngest ...