🦴🔬 A #fossil sitting in a #museum drawer since 1979 turned out to be a brand new species: *#Tylosaurus rex*.

Lead researcher Amelia Zietlow (#AMNH) noticed that a #Texas #mosasaur specimen labeled as a known species didn’t match its relatives. The 13-meter-long apex #predator had serrated #teeth, massive jaw #muscles, and battle #scars from fights with its own kind.

👉 https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/theres-a-new-t-rex-from-the-dinosaur-age-and-it-ruled-the-seas-with-a-skull-crushing-bite

#paleontology #mosasaur #cretaceous #marinereptile #dinosaurs #science #natural #history #nature #evolution

Yeni Tylosaurus rex keşfi yapıldı! Karadeniz’in derinliklerinde 13m uzunluğunda bir mosasaur bulunmuş. Avcılığı ve aynı türüne karşı saldırganlığı önceden keşfedildi. Daha fazla bilgi için takip edin.

🚩 #paleontology #Tylosaurus #fossil #marineReptile #ocean

Via @your.local.federal.agent on Instagram:

Wake up babe a new T. Rex just dropped (and it’s a mosasaur)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYpf2PSsa02/

#tylosaurus #prehistoric #mosasaurus #dinosaur #dinosaurs

The new CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Tylosaurus figure has an incredible amount of detail.

Make it yours: https://everythingdinosaur.info/collecta-tylosaurus

✅ ram on the snout
✅ pterygoid teeth
✅ glottis and forked tongue
✅ hypocercal tail

It is a highly accurate representation of Tylosaurus proriger. The model reflects links to the Squamata.

#EverythingDinosaur #Tylosaurus #tylosaurusproriger #PrehistoricAnimals #MarineReptiles #Prehistoricanimalmodels #tylosaurusmodel #marinereptilemodel #Squamata

Today's marine reptile artwork is "Cretaceous Jaws," an acrylic painting from 2001; featuring Cretoxyrhina (top left), an adult Tylosaurus (top right), two Squalicorax (bottom right), and a juvenile Tylosaurus (middle left).

#SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Sharks #Cretaceous #Cretoxyrhina #Tylosaurus #Mosasaurus #Squalicorax #MarineReptiles #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me

Examining the mouth of the new for 2026 CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Tylosaurus (T. proriger) model. This figure has pterygoid teeth, a glottis, a forked tongue and a tongue sheath.

Accurate details on a #Tylosaurus model.

#tylosaurusproriger, #Collecta #marinereptile #prehistoricanimalmodels

High tide comes as a blessing for Shipwreck, who is in a very tight spot right now. Literally. In her temararious attempt to catch a much smaller mosasaur, she pursued it right into a small, shallow lagoon. Her prey then scooted back into open water just as the tide went out, leaving Shipwreck effectively trapped. For the past twelve hours, she has been languishing on the sandy bottom, […]

It's marine reptile Wednesday!

Here is an old acrylic painting from 2021, depicting a Cretoxyrhina (shark, top left), two Squalicorax (sharks, bottom right), and two Tylosaurus (juvenile left, adult right). This was a private commission.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Cretoxyrhina #Squalicorax #Sharks #Tylosaurus #Mosasaurus #WildlifeArt #Jurassic #JurassicWorld

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

A zoom into one of my Western Interior Seaway illustrations from DINOSAUR BEHAVIOUR, by Prof Mike Benton. Featured are two Triceratops crossing a waterway with two curious and hungry Tylosaurus.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Triceratops #Tylosaurus #USA #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld #CampCretaceous #WildlifeArt #WildlifePhotographer #FossilFriday