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Analysis of the fossilized bones and surface scanning revealed that it represents a previously unknown species. Clidastes, a smaller creature, measured roughly six to 13 feet in length and inhabited the Earth around 145 million years ago. In contrast, Mosasaurus was significantly larger, reaching lengths of nearly 50 feet, and existed in the period spanning about 99.6 to 66 million years ago alongside T rex.“If you put flippers on a Komodo dragon and made it big, that’s basically what it would have looked like,” said the study’s lead author, Amelia Zietlow.
The authors theorize that Jormungandr was probably an ancestor or precursor to the larger Mosasaurus.The first mosasaur discoveries stretch back over two centuries, with the term "mosasaur" appearing around two decades before the word "dinosaur."
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