Fossil remains of a newly identified freshwater mosasaur species

New Freshwater Mosasaur Species Discovered in Southeastern France

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Fossil evidence from southeastern France has led to the identification of a new species of tethysaurine mosasaur. Unlike typical mosasaurs that lived in marine environments, this roughly 2.5-meter-long species appears to have inhabited a freshwater lake.

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