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Giant sea lizards in the age of dinosaurs: A new birth story for baby mosasaurs
Giant sea lizards in the age of dinosaurs: A new beginning for baby mosasaurs
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They weren't in the delivery room, but researchers have discovered a new birth story for a gigantic marine lizard that once roamed the oceans. Thanks to recently identified specimens, paleontologists now believe that mighty mosasaurs -- which could grow to 50 feet long -- gave birth to their young in the open ocean, not on or near shore.
