Mosasaurus Hoffmannii - Maashagedis (Maastricht/NL)

Mosasaurus Hoffmannii - Maashagedis.

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Mosasaurus, a huge lizard, it's a genus of the family Mosasauridae that lived in the sea. The first fossils were found near Maastricht in the Sint-Pietersberg, on the banks of the river Maas (Latin: Mosa). They lived in the Maastrichtian period, the last part of the Cretaceous, 71.3 to 65.4 million years ago.

 

Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosasaurus.

 

Photo October 2017, Natuur Historisch Museum (1910) after 107 years in time.

 

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Maastricht - Natuur Historisch Museum

The "Natuur Historisch Museum" (NHM) was founded in 1910 and is best known for its unique collection of Cretaceous fossils in the Netherlands, including various Mosasaurs, Prognathodons and Hadrosaurs.

 

Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natuurhistorisch_Museum_Maastricht.

 

 

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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.

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