Posts Tagged ‘Morocco’

WFS News: Stelladens mysteriosus: A Strange New Mosasaurid (Squamata) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Morocco

@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists have discovered a new species of mosasaur, a sea-dwelling lizard from the age of the dinosaurs, with strange, ridged teeth unlike those of any known reptile. Along with other recent finds from Africa, it suggests that mosasaurs and other marine reptiles were evolving rapidly up until […]

WFS News: First skeletal remains of Phoebodus found in Morocco

@WFS,World Fossil Society, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev An international team of researchers has found the first skeletal remains of Phoebodus—an ancient shark—in the Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes the fossil and compares it to a modern shark and fish. Ancient sharks […]