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

Unlike all other known mosasaurs, Xenodens appears to have two teeth in a single socket, contradicting the well-documented pattern of mosasaur dentition. Left maxilla of the mosasaurid Xenodens ...

A giant mosasaur fossil vertebra discovered in Mississippi may belong to one of the largest sea predators ever found.

Geologists near Starkville found a bone of a Mosasaurus hoffmannii, one of the biggest species of mosasaurs, which could reach lengths of 50 feet.

For David Burnham, paleontology isn’t just a science — it’s storytelling, and the stories are written in ancient creatures’ ...

Earth was once ruled by giant reptiles. Tyrannosaurus rex, the king of tyrant lizards, crushed bones. Spinosaurus hunted in ...

Mosasaurus dominated the seas ... this killer was nearly 20 feet tall and over 40 feet long. Its banana-shaped teeth that filled up the jaws were powerful enough to crush bone, making it one ...

The creatures cruised the world’s oceans with features we often associate with marine mammals, such as coats of blubber and ...

STARKVILLE, Miss. (WJTV) – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) said geologists recently uncovered a giant mosasaur vertebra near Starkville. MDEQ’s ...