Imagine swimming in the ocean and suddenly spotting a creature larger than any shark, faster than any human can sprint, and more vicious than any predator alive today. Meet the Mosasaurus, a marine ...

Mosasaurs were some of the most fearsome apex predators to ever stalk the Cretaceous era’s oceans. And according to Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) geologist James Starnes, a ...

The mosasaur was the apex predator of the seas when dinosaurs roamed land. Geologists working in Mississippi recently stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator.

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Scientists with Mississippi State University are playing a key role in an exciting new fossil discovery that’s close to campus, a discovery that may represent the largest mosasaur ...

A giant "sea dragon" backbone plucked from a riverbank in Mississippi could belong to the largest mosasaur ever found in the state, scientists say. Researchers only found a single vertebra from the ...

Geologists were studying rock layers in east-central Mississippi when they spotted something unusual sticking out of the mud. After the scientists carefully pulled the object from the sediment, they ...

GETTING VACCINATED. RESEARCHERS AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY JUST PLAYED A PART IN A MASSIVE PREHISTORIC DISCOVERY. GEOLOGISTS AT MSU FOUND THE LARGEST MOSASAUR BACKBONE EVER UNEARTHED IN THE STATE ...

Beneath the muddy creek beds of Mississippi, scientists recently discovered the fossil of a terrifying prehistoric monster. While collecting sediment and rock samples just south of Starkville, a team ...

Geologists working in Mississippi recently stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator. They uncovered a piece of vertebra they said likely belonged to a mosasaur, ...

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