Did the Mosasaurus Die?

Mosasaurs probably evolved from an extinct group of aquatic lizards known as aigialosaurs in the Earliest Late Cretaceous. ... They became extinct as a result of the K-Pg event at the end of the Cretaceous period, about 66 million years ago.

When did Mosasaurus die?

Mosasaurs died out with the dinosaurs during the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction 65.5 million years ago.

Is Mosasaurus alive or dead?

They were not sea dinosaurs, but a separate group of reptiles, more closely related to modern snakes and lizards, according to the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum. Mosasaurs went extinct 65.5 million years ago in the same mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, Live Science previously reported.

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