• transferred this Rhinosaurus species to Tylosaurus; this was first done in 1873 by Joseph Leidy. Tylosaurus subsequently became the almost universally...
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  • to Tylosaurus by John Campbell Merriam, and one of them was put into synonymy with T. proriger by Dale A. Russell in 1967. Cope described Tylosaurus in...
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    which enabled them to gulp down their prey almost whole. A skeleton of Tylosaurus proriger from South Dakota included remains of the diving seabird Hesperornis...
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    subfamily includes the genera Tylosaurus, Taniwhasaurus, and Kaikaifilu, although some scientists argue that only Tylosaurus and Taniwhasaurus should be...
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  • passing Tylosaurus killing the shark, albeit with a tooth embedded in her flipper. Later, Dolly's brother is swallowed whole by a young Tylosaurus, who in...
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    competition with other large predatory mosasaurs such as Prognathodon and Tylosaurus—which were known to feed on similar prey—though they were able to coexist...
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    and Tylosaurus nepaeolicus. The upper was home to Clidastes, Platecarpus ictericus, and Tylosaurus proriger. He regarded Platecarpus and Tylosaurus as...
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    transfer this taxon within the genus Tylosaurus, a proposal that was carried out in 1971, being renamed Tylosaurus haumuriensis. Welles and Gregg also...
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    predators that arose around the same time, most notably the giant mosasaur Tylosaurus. Other possible factors include the gradual disappearance of the Western...
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  • of 1.2–1.25 m (3.9–4.1 ft). The largest mosasaurs were Mosasaurus, and Tylosaurus, which grew to around 17 m (56 ft) and were projected to weigh up to 20 t...
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  • know at first that Heart is a carnivore, until the two are attacked by a Tylosaurus, which Heart kills by ripping off one of its flippers. Heart promises...
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    basal position to Taniwhasaurus spp. and the second as a sister taxon to Tylosaurus. In the study officially describing it, all the analyzes carried out also...
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  • seem to work, she releases a captive Tylosaurus into the lagoon, despite Gerry's pleading. The newly freed Tylosaurus slams into the side of the facility...
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  • Tylosaurus (a mosasaur) hunting Xiphactinus...
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    the early Cretaceous: a Woolungasaurus is attacked by a Kronosaurus. Tylosaurus was a large mosasaur, carnivorous marine reptiles that emerged in the...
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  • dinosaur. The two are subsequently discovered and Tara is sacrificed to a Tylosaurus by Kingsor. Tara manages to escape and returns to Sanna. The tribe then...
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    (2017) as the most exclusive mosasaurid clade including Mosasaurus and Tylosaurus but not Halisaurus. S. De Grave & C. H. J. M. Fransen (2011). "Carideorum...
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  • Tylosaurus kansasensis Tylosaurus proriger...
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    including only Clidastes) and the Mosasauridae (including Macrosaurus [?=Tylosaurus], Mosasaurus, and Platecarpus). However, a close relationship between...
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  • 31:1) is most similar to Tylosaurus nepaeolicus (6.18:1) among other mosasaurs, followed by Plesiotylosaurus (5.64:1) and Tylosaurus proriger (5.3:1). The...
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    Xiphactinus audax, a.k.a. the "X-fish", the state fossil of Kansas. Ultimately, Tylosaurus was selected instead. sic Vavrek, M.J.; Murray, A.M.; Bell, P.R. (2016)...
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  • animal "about two-thirds the size of the specimen of Tylosaurus dyspelor," referring to a Tylosaurus skeleton measuring 8.83 meters (29.0 ft) in length...
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  • Tylosaurus, a type of large marine lizards known as mosasaurs...
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  • Thalassotitan Halisaurinae Eonatator Halisaurus Tylosaurinae Hainosaurus Tylosaurus Taniwhasaurus Plioplatecarpinae Platecarpus Plioplatecarpus Selmasaurus...
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    such as Clidastes, Latoplatecarpus, Platecarpus, Plioplatecarpus, and Tylosaurus, as well as birds (Brodavis, Hesperornis, and Ichthyornis), plesiosaurs...
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    Plesiotylosaurus, meaning "near Tylosaurus", is an extinct genus of marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. It is classified as part of the Mosasaurinae...
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    Triceratops named "Raymond" largest taxidermy of Mola mola Basilosaurus and Tylosaurus The largest fragment of Nantan meteorite Tyrannosaurus rex Moon rock Taxidermy...
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    "Plesiosaurs as the food of mosasaurs; new data on the stomach contents of a Tylosaurus proriger (Squamata; Mosasauridae) from the Niobrara Formation of western...
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    Halisaurus would have been dwarfed by many of its contemporaries, such as Tylosaurus and larger species of Clidastes. Halisaurus appeared relatively early...
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    and Trinacromerum; the mosasaurs Mosasaurus, Halisaurus, Prognathodon, Tylosaurus, Ectenosaurus, Globidens, Clidastes, Platecarpus and Plioplatecarpus;...
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