Globidens
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Globidens is an extinct genus of mosasaurid oceanic lizard classified as part of the Globidensini tribe in the Mosasaurinae subfamily.
Globidens
Life restoration of G. alabamaensis
Reconstructed skull of G. dakotensis
Holotype maxilla (USNM 6527.jpg) of G. alabamaensis
Mosasaur
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Mosasaurs are an extinct group of large aquatic reptiles within the family Mosasauridae that lived during the Late Cretaceous. Their first fossil remains were discovered in a limestone quarry at Maastricht on the Meuse in 1764. They belong to the order Squamata, which includes lizards and snakes.
Fossil shell of ammonite Placenticeras whitfieldi showing punctures caused by the bite of a mosasaur, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale
A tooth from a mosasaur
Scales of Tylosaurus proriger (KUVP-1075)
Fibrous tissues and microstructures recovered from Prognathodon specimen IRSNB 1624