Geologists working on surveying land in Mississippi stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex ...

Researchers may have discovered Mississippi's largest ever mosasaur after pulling a Cretaceous-aged fossil out of a riverbed ...

On a riverbank in Mississippi, State Survey geologists found a ginormous fossil vertebra of a giant sea lizard called a ...

It was capable of growing beyond 30 feet in length and weighed around 10 tons—a mature elephant plus a sedan car.

Researchers uncovered one vertebra, and based on its size, they estimate the massive creature was at least 30 feet long when it roamed the shallow seas that covered the region roughly 66 million years ...

Leard and Palmer are experienced scientists pursuing their doctoral degrees in earth and atmospheric sciences at MSU while ...

And according to Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) geologist James Starnes, a recent vertebrae fossil find belonged to “about as big” a mosasaur specimen as one could get.

Mosasaurs were apex predators, reaching lengths up to 50 feet and weighing up to 20,000 pounds, with powerful jaws and numerous teeth. The fossil was found in an area that was once underwater ...

Geologists have recently discovered the fossil of a Cretaceous-era mosasaur - a "sea dragon". The fossil, which is a backbone ...

Mosasaurs were apex predators, reaching lengths up to 50 feet and weighing up to 20,000 pounds, with powerful jaws and numerous teeth. The fossil was found in an area that was once underwater, ...

The remains of a Mosasaurus hoffmannii, commonly known as a giant mosasaur, have been found in the Mississippi River, resembling a gigantic aquatic dragon from the Late Cretaceous, ...