While dinosaurs roamed the land in the Late Cretaceous, large reptiles called mosasaurs swam the seas. Tylosaurus prorigor grew to 43 feet long and weighed 2 tons. Like all mosasaurs, this one has a joint in its bottom jaw that would flex like a snake’s jaw to allow the animal to grasp large prey.
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