Mosasaur Teeth - SM

These teeth are from a 65 million year old reptile called a Mosasaur that lived in the late Cretaceous Era. They have been found in North America, Europe, Africa, and Israel. From the shape of these teeth, it is assumed that these reptiles were meat eaters.

Mosasaurs were aquatic lizards, looking much like an alligator, and sometimes reached up to 45 feet in length. Mosasaurs were powerful swimmers that had a long, streamlined body. The long head had very pointed, powerful jaws with many sharp teeth.

Mosasaurs had four short, paddle-like limbs adapted to life in the water. A long tail, perhaps finned, completed its serpentine body. They lived in shallow warm waters feeding on a variety of animals and fish.

Item Size: 3/4 - 1 1/2" (19-38mm)


SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Sauropsida

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Scleroglossa

Infraorder: Anguimorpha

Family: †Mosasauridae - Gervais, 1853

Subfamily: †Halisaurinae, †Mosasaurinae, †Plioplatecarpinae, †Tylosaurinae