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Tylosaurus nepaeolicus is the middle child of tylosaur #mosasaurs from the Smoky Hill Chalk of Kansas. It is middle in body size, stratigraphic distribution, and phylogenetic placement - sandwiched between T. prorigor (big boi) and T. kansasensis.
#TylosaurTuesday #fossil
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I haven't seen much in the way of original Tylosaurus specimens (not in Kansas or the East Coast 💀), but I do have my alternatives...