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Study: Ancient Mosasaurs Gave Birth In Open Sea

Posted by samzenpus on from the we're-going-to-need-a-bigger-doula dept.

An anonymous reader writes A new study published in the journal Palaeontology finds that Mosasaurs, the large marine lizards that once populated the waters about 65 million years ago, gave birth to live young in the open ocean. "Mosasaurs are among the best-studied groups of Mesozoic vertebrate animals, but evidence regarding how they were born and what baby mosasaur ecology was like has historically been elusive," said Daniel Field, lead author of a study published online April 10 in the journal Palaeontology. Field is a doctoral candidate in the lab of Jacques Gauthier in Yale's Department of Geology and Geophysics."

3 of 24 comments (clear)

  1. And now it's extinct. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Lesson: Don't give birth in open sea.

  2. Stuff that matters? by manu0601 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Indeed news for nerds, but very specialized nerds...

  3. "Ancient mosasaurs" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    As opposed to all the modern mosasaurs.