Jump to content

File:Mosasaurus.png

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (2,800 × 600 pixels, file size: 1.35 MB, MIME type: image/png)

Summary

Description
English: Mosasaurus hoffmannii is an aquatic squamate reptile from the Late Cretaceous. It was one of the first Mesozoic marine reptiles known to science, originally discovered in Europe with more specimens found around the world. Mosasaurus is known mainly from its skull, making full body estimates difficult, but it is estimated between 11-17 m in length, making it one of the largest marine reptiles known. It had a streamlined body with a long fluked tail to propel it through the water, with four limbs adapted as paddles to steer. It was an apex predator with serated teeth, able to feed on any animal it came across.
Date
Source Own work
Author UnexpectedDinoLesson

Licensing

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

Captions

Mosasaurus hoffmannii: "Meuse River lizard" Late Cretaceous, Europe

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

19 March 2024

image/png

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current23:12, 31 March 2024Thumbnail for version as of 23:12, 31 March 20242,800 × 600 (1.35 MB)UnexpectedDinoLessonPreflexural lengthened, trailing edge added on flippers, ear hole removed.
21:37, 25 March 2024Thumbnail for version as of 21:37, 25 March 20242,800 × 600 (1.34 MB)UnexpectedDinoLessonProportions altered, scales reduced, wrinkles reduced, caudal keel added.
00:23, 20 March 2024Thumbnail for version as of 00:23, 20 March 20242,800 × 600 (1.4 MB)UnexpectedDinoLessonUploaded own work with UploadWizard

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata