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Tylosaurus aquatic reptile from the Cretaceous period.

Tylosaurus, a sea going ancient relative to monitor lizards. A giant mosasaur that prowled the Western Interior Seaway that was a shallow sea dividing North America in half during much of the Cretaceous period. Tylosaurus proriger is estimated to have reached lengths of 46 feet.

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Title: Tylosaurus aquatic reptile from the Cretaceous period.

Caption: Tylosaurus, a sea going ancient relative to monitor lizards. A giant mosasaur that prowled the Western Interior Seaway that was a shallow sea dividing North America in half during much of the Cretaceous period. Tylosaurus proriger is estimated to have reached lengths of 46 feet.

Category: PALEONTOLOGY

Credit: Album / Arthur Dorety/Stocktrek Images

Image size: 6151 × 2768 px | 48.7 MB

Print size: 52.1 × 23.4 cm | 2421.7 × 1089.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ANIMAL BODY • ANIMAL TAIL • ANIMAL THEMES • ANIMAL • AQUATIC • ARTWORK • CARNIVORE • COLOR IMAGE • COLOUR IMAGE • COPY SPACE • CREATURE • CRETACEOUS • CUTOUT • DIGITALLY GENERATED IMAGE • EVOLUTION • EXTINCT • FIERCE • FLIPPER • FULL LENGTH • FULL-LENGTH • HORIZONTAL • ICHTHYOLOGY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • LATERAL VIEW • LONG • MAASTRICHTIAN • MESOZOIC ERA • MONITOR LIZARDS • MOSASAUR • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURE STUDY • NO PEOPLE • ONE ANIMAL • PALAEONTOLOGY • PALAEOZOOLOGY • PALEOICHTHYOLOGY • PALEONTOLOGY • PALEOZOOLOGY • PREDATOR • PREHISTORIC ERA • PRIMEVAL • PRIMITIVE • PRIMORDIAL • REPTIL • REPTILE • REPTILES • SCIENCE: EVOLUTION • SIDE VIEW • SPECIES • SQUAMATA • TYLOSAURUS PRORIGER • TYLOSAURUS • WHITE BACKGROUND • WILDLIFE • WITHOUT PEOPLE • ZOOLOGY