Marine Reptiles: Mosasaurs:  Plotosaurus

Plotosaurus fossil

Plotosaurus tuckeri

Plotosaurus was a large mosasaur that lived in the late Cretaceous seas that once covered parts of California. Plotosaurus had large, paddle-like limbs and a long body. Analysis of stomach contents suggests that Plotosaurus feed on large fish. This



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