Tylosaurus, a type of mosasaur, a large, predatory marine lizard from the Cretaceous. In its jaws is an extinct Rhynchocephalia species, Simaedosaurus erquelinensis (Champsosaurus dolloi?). Schwimmechse, Tylosaurus pelor. Colour printed illustration by F. John from Wilhelm Bolsche’s Tiere der Urwelt (Animals of the Prehistoric World), Reichardt Cocoa company, Hamburg, 1908.

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