Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Mar 20, 2024

New #Mosasaur Species from Morocco Had Dagger-Like, Interlocking Teeth
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/khinjaria-acuta-12778.html

A bizarre new plioplatecarpine mosasaurid from the #Maastrichtian of #Morocco https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667124000430

"Some #mosasaurs had teeth to pierce prey, others to cut, tear, or crush. Now we have #Khinjaria acuta, with a short face full of huge, dagger-shaped teeth."

New Mosasaur Species from Morocco Had Dagger-Like, Interlocking Teeth | Sci.News

Paleontologists have described a bizarre new species of mosasaurid based on a skull and parts of the skeleton collected from a phosphate mine southeast of Casablanca in Morocco.

Sci.News: Breaking Science News