On 16 December, Polcyn will receive his PhD from Utrecht University for his research into the evolution of the mosasaurs. "Mosasaurs are a textbook example of macroevolution, the emergence of new ...

KAINAN, Wakayama Prefecture--A mosasaur fossil found in the mountains in the prefecture almost two decades ago has been determined to be a new genus and species that lived more than 70 million ...

In 2023, a private fossil hunter discovered the jaws belonging to Globidens alabamaensis, a 20-foot-long mosasaur, within an ...