Mosasaurus (sea reptile)

Mosasaurus was an Upper Cretaceous mosasaur. It was a large, predatory marine lizard closely related to modern monitor lizards and to snakes.

Mosasaurus
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous 86.5–66 mya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Order:
Squamata
Family:
Mosasauridae
Genus:
Mosasaurus

Conybeare, 1822
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