Exploring the Evolution of Marine Predators Through Mosasaurus Fossils

Ultimately, the Western Interior Seaway and its fearsome inhabitants represent an extinct ecosystem frozen in time with few remaining analogs. Much like the horns and frills of contemporary horned dinosaurs gave way to birds and mammals in post-extinction continental interiors, specialty mosasaur killers similarly relinquished seas to issuing sharks, cetaceans, and other modern successors still surrounding North America today. Their fossilized remains relate to the tide of evolution and the epic dramas played out through prehistory within Earth’s life-giving waters worldwide. With mosasaurus fossils and companions now extinct, the vanished seascape persists only through coastal excavations steadily exhuming its long-buried stories. Read more: https://sites.google.com/view/fossilagemineral/home