In 2021, scientists identified a new mosasaur species upon the discovery of a Cretaceous-period jaw with unusual teeth in a Moroccan mine. There’s only one problem—the remains may have been ...

Morocco is uniquely rich in mosasaur fossils, says Henry Sharpe at the University of Alberta in Canada. “Miners working in the phosphate mines come across mosasaurs all the time.” The problem ...

Mosasaur fossil may be a forgery, researchers claim CT scans needed to verify authenticity of the fossil Fossil from Morocco raises concerns over scientific integrity ...

Fossil of Mosasaurs marine reptile. Image by Roland Tanglao from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons In ...

A mosasaur species with saw-like teeth that was described by scientists in 2021 may have been based on forged fossils, and researchers are now calling for CT scans to determine the creature's origin.

New research on mosasaurs, based on new technologies and fossil discoveries, sheds light on their evolution, feeding habits, and phylogenetic relationships, revealing aspects like cannibalism and the ...

The newly-discovered species belongs to the mosasaurid genus Carinodens, and was a durophage, adapted for crunching hard-shelled invertebrates. Carinodens is a extinct genus of Cretaceous mosasaurs ...

Rabat - A team of researchers in Morocco unearthed an ancient species of mosasaur, adding to the growing list of fascinating discoveries in the North African kingdom. The species, named Carinodens ...

A teenager in Texas is facing a felony charge after allegedly killing a rival competitor's show goat a couple of months ago. An arrest affidavit showed 17-year-old Aubrey Vanlandingham ...

In the dynamic world of paleontology, discoveries often rewrite what we know about ancient life. However, not every fossil fits neatly into the puzzle of history. A 2021 study describing a new species ...