Early Evolution of Mosasaurs 

After another mass extinction; it could easily happen again

So many extinct reptiles get inaccurately called lizards, yet Mosasaurs actually were just that.

I know like the Tyrannosaurus Rex! Tyrant Lizard King would be a more fitting name for mega varanid Megalania (varanis priscus). But then again we have a whale called the Emperor Lizard so...

Hey Dr. Polaris, why don't you think about making a suggestion and creating a RU-vid Videos that's all about the evolution of the and the history of the Prehistoric Marine Reptiles called the Ichthyosauria, such as Ichthyosauridae (Ichthyosaurs) in the next couple of weeks to think about that one coming up next?!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍

Hey Dr. Polaris, right after the evolution and the history of the Euornithine Avians and the Ornithurine Avians, why don't you get to think of a suggestion and creating a RU-vid Videos all about the about the evolution and the history of the Prehistoric Marine Reptiles called the Palaeophiidae (Palaeophis), the Extinct Marine Serpentes (Snakes) that are the relatives to the Extant File Snakes, such as Archaeophis, Palaeophis, and Pterosphenus, in the next couple of weeks to think about that one coming up next?!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍

I know that event. That was the Cenomanian-Turonian Boundary Event, which occurred around 93.9 million years ago and resulted in significant faunal turnover across the planet. Ichthyosaurs and Spinosaurid dinosaurs were apparently completely wiped out because of it, while Carcharodontosaurid theropods, Rebbachisaurid sauropods, Anhanguerid pterosaurs, and Pliosaurids all held out for another few million years, but in greatly decreased diversity, with their very last members dying out around 89 million years ago.

Good point. I was imagining a giant monitor lizard, Monitosaurus?

Seems unlikely as they'd be competing with whales, in particular orcas, unless something were to happen to remove them from the picture

They deserve the name given to an ancient whale, Basilisaurus, which translates to King Lizard

true, especially when one considers that many monitor lizards are at home in the water both fresh and salt water. komodo dragons can dive upto 10 feet to hunt for fish and have crossed islands by swimming across. they could have.

They are

@@andrewgan557 ok but i also mean, the forked tongues Is an ancestral trait to both groups or Is just evolved independently?

I would rather have a straightforward, somewhat shorter vid chock full of info, rather than a fluffed and padded vid with sparse info. I like how condensed and factual his vids are regardless of the length. Go make your own vids if you don’t like his….