| View Larger Image | Paleoart Ancient Marine Reptile framed print, Natural History Displayby mysticmana.com
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FEATURES | - Measurements: 12x14 in (framed)
- moulding: Professional 1" Rosewood Solid Wood.
- Matte: Blue/grey
- Mounting: Bonded on a hot Vacum Press for a perfectly flat and smooth finish.
- Glazing: Glass
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Product Description
Background:
Tylosaurus (Greek tylos "protuberance, knob" + Greek sauros "lizard") was a mosasaur, a large, predatory marine lizard closely related to modern monitor lizards and to snakes. Along with plesiosaurs, sharks, fish, and other genera of mosasurs, it was a dominant predator of the Western Interior Seaway during the Late Cretaceous. Tylosaurus proriger was among the largest of all the mosasaurs (along with Hainosaurus and Mosasaurus hoffmanni), reaching maximum lengths of 15 meters or more (49+ ft). A distinguishing characteristic of Tylosaurus is its elongated, cylindrical premaxilla (snout) from which it takes its name and which may have been used to ram and stun prey and also in intraspecific combat. Stomach contents associated with specimens of Tylosaurus proriger indicate that this ferocious mosasaur had a varied diet, including fish, sharks, smaller mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, and flightless diving birds such as Hesperornis. In some paleoenvironments, Tylosaurus seems to have preferred shallow, nearshore waters (as with the Eutaw Formation and Mooreville Chalk of Alabama), while favoring deeper water farther out from shore in other environments (as with the Niobrara Chalk of the western U.S.).
--wikipedia
About The Artist:
Zdenek Burian
was born in 1905 in Moravia, Czech Republic. He was to become one of the most influential depicters of prehistoric life of the century, rivaled only by Charles R. Knight. |
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