such as Nothosaurus giganteus

1:35 scale - 160 mm long

although mainly nocturnal

It is believed to have been an apex predator that hunted large sauropods and ornithopods in its ecosystem

extending from the neck to the tail and possibly covered in fur or feather-like tissue

Thalassotitan atrox Tylosaurus such as Nothosaurus giganteusThalassotitan, meaning "titan of the seas", is an extinct genus of large mosasaurs (a group of extinct marine lizards) that lived during the late Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous period in what is now Morocco, approximately 66 million years ago. The only known species is T. atrox, described in 2022 from fossils discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Basin, where many other mosasaurs have been found. It was assigned to the tribe Prognathodontini along with