A new study raised serious concerns about the authenticity of the mosasaur species Xenodens calminechari, originally described in 2021 based on fossils unearthed in a Moroccan phosphate mine.

KAINAN, Wakayama Prefecture--A mosasaur fossil found in the mountains ... The front and rear flippers are larger than the skull, suggesting that the new species swam using its leg fins, similar ...

The items up for auction from Crowe include artwork, film memorabilia, and the mounted skull of a Mosasaur that Crowe "acquired from" DiCaprio in 2008. Sotheby's lists the dinosaur skull at an ...