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Researchers discover massive mosasaur fossil in Mississippi

Mississippi State University researchers discovered a large mosasaur vertebra near Starkville during a recent geologic survey.
The vertebra was found while mapping a three-dimensional subsurface region by doctoral geologists Jonathan Leard and Tim Palmer.
The fossil, over seven inches in diameter, was identified as part of Mosasaurus hoffmannii, a massive marine reptile that lived approximately 66 million years ago.
Based on the size of the vertebra, which was identified as Mosasaurus hoffmannii through analysis conducted by the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, researchers believe the animal measured at least 30 feet in length.
This finding indicates that mosasaurs flourished in the warm, shallow seas that once covered Mississippi during the late Cretaceous era.

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