New Giant Mosasaur Species Discovered in Morocco

Mar 6, 2026 - 18:15

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New Giant Mosasaur Species Discovered in Morocco

Pluridens imelaki, holotype, close-up of the dentaries. Scale bar - 10 cm. Image credit: Nicholas R. Longrich & Nour-Eddine Jalil, doi: 10.3390/d18030159.

Paleontologists have identified a new, giant species of the mosasaur genus Pluridens from the Late Cretaceous phosphate deposits of Morocco.

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