Artist's Interpretation of Mosasaur Hatching (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Artist's Interpretation of Mosasaur Hatching

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An artist's interpretation of a baby mosasaur emerging from an egg just moments after it was laid. The scene is set in the shallow waters of Late Cretaceous Antarctica. In the background, mountains are covered in vegetation due to a warm climate. In the upper right, an alternative hypothesis for egg laying is depicted, with the mosasaur laying an egg on the beach.

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John Maisano/The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences

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