Mosasauridae

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Reconstructed skeleton of the indeterminate Moroccan Cretaceous plioplatecarpine (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) NMNS005676 F043103, possibly Gavialimimus almaghribensis or an unnamed species (according to Yang, 2022). A collection of the National Museum of Natural Science (Taichung, Taiwan), the specimen was on display in the National Taiwan Museum during a special exhibition.

Reconstructed skeleton of the indeterminate Moroccan Cretaceous plioplatecarpine (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) NMNS005676 F043103, possibly Gavialimimus almaghribensis or an unnamed species (according to Yang, 2022). A collection of the National Museum of Natural Science (Taichung, Taiwan), the specimen was on display in the National Taiwan Museum during a special exhibition.

museum Taiwan Cretaceous specimen +6
Taxonomic Name : Chordata vertebrata reptilia lacertilia mosasauridae 
Accession Number : LH1530
Part of the reptiles and amphibians/land vertebrates collection

 For more details visit <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-126470" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a> Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019

Taxonomic Name : Chordata vertebrata reptilia lacertilia mosasauridae Accession Number : LH1530 Part of the reptiles and amphibians/land vertebrates collection For more details visit <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-126470" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a> Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019

museum New Zealand Mosasauridae Plioplatecarpinae
Taxonomic Name : Chordata vertebrata reptilia lacertilia mosasauridae 
Accession Number : LH1516
Part of the reptiles and amphibians/land vertebrates collection

 For more details visit <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-122721" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a> Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019

Taxonomic Name : Chordata vertebrata reptilia lacertilia mosasauridae Accession Number : LH1516 Part of the reptiles and amphibians/land vertebrates collection For more details visit <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-122721" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a> Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019

museum New Zealand Mosasauridae Plioplatecarpinae
Taxonomic Name : Chordata vertebrata reptilia lacertilia mosasauridae 
Accession Number : LH1516
Part of the reptiles and amphibians/land vertebrates collection

 For more details visit <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-122721" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a> Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019

Taxonomic Name : Chordata vertebrata reptilia lacertilia mosasauridae Accession Number : LH1516 Part of the reptiles and amphibians/land vertebrates collection For more details visit <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-122721" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a> Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019

museum New Zealand Mosasauridae Plioplatecarpinae
Taxonomic Name : Chordata vertebrata reptilia lacertilia mosasauridae 
Accession Number : LH1556
Part of the reptiles and amphibians/land vertebrates collection

 For more details visit <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-132419" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a> Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019

Taxonomic Name : Chordata vertebrata reptilia lacertilia mosasauridae Accession Number : LH1556 Part of the reptiles and amphibians/land vertebrates collection For more details visit <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-132419" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a> Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019

museum New Zealand Mosasauridae Plioplatecarpinae
Taxonomic Name : Chordata vertebrata reptilia lacertilia mosasauridae 
Accession Number : LH1546
Part of the reptiles and amphibians/land vertebrates collection

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Taxonomic Name : Chordata vertebrata reptilia lacertilia mosasauridae Accession Number : LH1546 Part of the reptiles and amphibians/land vertebrates collection For more details visit <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-134128" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a> Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019

museum New Zealand Mosasauridae Plioplatecarpinae
Taxonomic Name : Chordata vertebrata reptilia lacertilia mosasauridae 
Accession Number : LH1530
Part of the reptiles and amphibians/land vertebrates collection

 For more details visit <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-126470" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a> Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019

Taxonomic Name : Chordata vertebrata reptilia lacertilia mosasauridae Accession Number : LH1530 Part of the reptiles and amphibians/land vertebrates collection For more details visit <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-126470" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a> Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019

museum New Zealand Mosasauridae Plioplatecarpinae
Taxonomic Name : Chordata vertebrata reptilia lacertilia mosasauridae 
Accession Number : LH1516
Part of the reptiles and amphibians/land vertebrates collection

 For more details visit <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-122721" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a> Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019

Taxonomic Name : Chordata vertebrata reptilia lacertilia mosasauridae Accession Number : LH1516 Part of the reptiles and amphibians/land vertebrates collection For more details visit <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-122721" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a> Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019

museum New Zealand Mosasauridae Plioplatecarpinae
Plesioplatecarpus planifrons mounted skeleton in the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park, Colorado
Taxa Mosasauridae

Plesioplatecarpus planifrons mounted skeleton in the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park, Colorado

Dinosauria Mosasauridae Plesioplatecarpus Russellosaurina +1
Plesioplatecarpus planifrons mounted skeleton in the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park, Colorado
Taxa Russellosaurina

Plesioplatecarpus planifrons mounted skeleton in the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park, Colorado

Dinosauria Mosasauridae Plesioplatecarpus Russellosaurina +1
Life restoration of the mosasaurine mosasaurid Eremiasaurus, with unknown portions and soft tissues based primarily on Prognathodon and supplemented with Mosasaurus where needed.
References
Leblanc, A.R.H.; Caldwell, M.W.; Bardet, N. (2012). "A new mosasaurine from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) phosphates of Morocco and its implications for mosasaurine systematics". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 (1): 82–104.
Lindgren, J.; Kaddumi, H.; Polcyn, M. (2013). "Soft tissue preservation in a fossil marine lizard with a bilobed tail fin". Nature Communications 4: 2423. DOI:10.1038/ncomms3423.
Konishi, T.; Brinkman, D.; Massare, J.A.; Caldwell, M.W. (2011). "New exceptional specimens of Prognathodon overtoni (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the upper Campanian of Alberta, Canada, and the systematics and ecology of the genus". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 (5): 1026–1046.
Russell, D.A. (1967). "Systematics and morphology of American mosasaurs". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 23: 1–241.
Taxa Eremiasaurus

Life restoration of the mosasaurine mosasaurid Eremiasaurus, with unknown portions and soft tissues based primarily on Prognathodon and supplemented with Mosasaurus where needed. References Leblanc, A.R.H.; Caldwell, M.W.; Bardet, N. (2012). "A new mosasaurine from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) phosphates of Morocco and its implications for mosasaurine systematics". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 (1): 82–104. Lindgren, J.; Kaddumi, H.; Polcyn, M. (2013). "Soft tissue preservation in a fossil marine lizard with a bilobed tail fin". Nature Communications 4: 2423. DOI:10.1038/ncomms3423. Konishi, T.; Brinkman, D.; Massare, J.A.; Caldwell, M.W. (2011). "New exceptional specimens of Prognathodon overtoni (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the upper Campanian of Alberta, Canada, and the systematics and ecology of the genus". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 (5): 1026–1046. Russell, D.A. (1967). "Systematics and morphology of American mosasaurs". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 23: 1–241.

tissue ecology museum Canada +11
Kaikaifilu pectorals, done on inkscape.
Based on pictures and diagrams from "Kaikaifilu hervei  gen. et sp. nov., a new large mosasaur (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the upper Maastrichtian of Antarctica. Cretaceous Research".
Taxa Kaikaifilu

Kaikaifilu pectorals, done on inkscape. Based on pictures and diagrams from "Kaikaifilu hervei gen. et sp. nov., a new large mosasaur (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the upper Maastrichtian of Antarctica. Cretaceous Research".

Antarctica Cretaceous Maastrichtian Kaikaifilu +1
Skull of the mosasaurid squamate Thalassotitan atrox from the late Maastrichtian of Sidi Daoui, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Khouribga Province, Morocco, North Africa.
Taxa Thalassotitan

Skull of the mosasaurid squamate Thalassotitan atrox from the late Maastrichtian of Sidi Daoui, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Khouribga Province, Morocco, North Africa.

Morocco Maastrichtian Mosasauridae Thalassotitan +1