# Mosasaurus (Mosasaurus hoffmannii) — DinoLand

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### id=27: Mosasaurus (Mosasaurus hoffmannii)

- URL: https://www.dinoland.ai/species.html?lang=zu&id=27
- Diet: Amanzi
- Era: I-Cretaceous
- Period: Eminyakeni eyizigidi ezingama-70-66 edlule
- Length: 17 m
- Weight: ≈15 t
- Height: —
- Speed: до 30 km/h in water
- Habitat: Ulwandle lwe-chalk olungashoni, amashalofu ezwekazi, namachweba
- Region: IYurophu; Amaphethelo e-Atlantic eNyakatho Melika
- Discovered: 1764, inkwali eduze kwaseMaastricht, eNetherlands

Fact: “Umbusi wezilwandle zaseMaastrichtian—nokho useyi-squamate, hhayi idayinaso.”

Description: I-Mosasaurus imele izibankwa ze-mosasaurine ezizuze ukubusa okunamandla olwandle lwakamuva lwe-Cretaceous epicontinental. Umsila ojulile osekela i-crescentic fluke, amazinyo ahlabayo, namajoyinti ogebhezi lwe-kinetic wanika amandla ama-ammonites, ama-plesiosaurs, nezinye izilwane ezihuquzelayo zasolwandle. Okwesibili ukujwayela kwasemanzini kuhlangane kuma-ichthyosaur naphezu kwama-bauplan okhokho ahluke kakhulu.

Features:
  - Izilinganiso zobude zisondela ku-~17 m kubantu abakhuluphele
  - Amazinyo e-Pterygoid asiza i-ratchet edonsa isisu emuva
  - Ama-Propulsive tail flukes abukisa oshaka abaphambanayo

Related genera: Plesiosaurus, Ichthyosaurus, Tylosaurus


## Ingcaphuno

Field Journal — I-Dinosaur Encyclopedia — https://www.dinoland.ai

Web: https://www.dinoland.ai/species.html?lang=zu&id=27
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