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The Bunker
Tylosaur on exhibit at Atlanta's Fernbank
preying upon a Clidastes.
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In
1911, a man named C.D. Bunker collected
the largest mosasaur ever found
in North America. By special
agreement, the Bunker Tylosaur
was restored,
molded, cast and is now a
significant
Savage
Ancient Seas®
specimen.
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This
specimen is
gigantic.
Approximately 45 feet
(15
meters) long,
its skull
measures nearly
6 feet (1.75
meters)
in length, full
of
T.
rex-sized teeth.
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As
the dominant predator of the
seas,
the Tylosaurus
diet consisted
of other sea
creatures.
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Specimen
Label Content:
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Tylosaurus proriger
(TIE
LOW SOAR
US)
Description:
Marine LIZARD
Specimen Location:
Pierre Shale of Northwestern
Kansas
Name Means: 'knob
lizard' for its rounded
nose.
This
Tylosaurus skeleton is
one of the largest ever found,
measuring about 45 feet long.
It's skull was almost six feet
long. Like other mosasaurs,
Tylosaurus could flex
it's lower jaw, allowing it to
swallow large prey in one
piece, much as snakes do
today.
cast
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