Scientists have discovered a new giant species of mosasaur, Pluridens imelaki, that lived around 66 million years ago, based on fossils found in Morocco’s phosphate deposits in Khouribga. Measuring an estimated 9 meters long, the rare marine predator reveals that mosasaurs were more diverse and still evolving shortly before the mass extinction that ended the age of dinosaurs.
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