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The 20 pages that link to Mosasaur, each with the reason it gives.

• CretaceousBroader topic: Mosaurs were among the top predators in the period's marine ecosystems.

• OsteodermsBroader topic: Some mosasaurs had small osteoderms beneath their scales.

• Marine reptileBroader topic: Mosasaurs were major marine predators near the end of the dinosaur era.

• Early CretaceousCompared with: Their later prominence contrasts with the marine communities of the Early Cretaceous.

• Western Interior SeawayBroader topic: Mosasaur fossils document major predators in the seaway.

• IchthyosauriaCompared with: Mosasaurs became prominent marine predators after ichthyosaurs had declined and disappeared.

• PachyostosisBroader topic: Some mosasaurs show skeletal thickening associated with aquatic buoyancy management.

• PteranodonCompared with: Mosasaur fossils share Pteranodon's marine deposits, but represent swimming reptiles rather than flying ones.

• BasilosaurusCompared with: Basilosaurus was once mistaken for a reptile because of its elongated vertebrae, but it was a mammal.

• ElasmosaurusCompared with: Mosaurs were contemporaneous marine predators, but they were not plesiosaurs and swam differently.

• TylosaurusNarrower topic: Tylosaurus belongs to this group of marine reptiles.

• MosasaurusNarrower topic: Mosasaurus is one genus within this broader family.

• HesperornisRelated: Mosasaur fossils from the same seaway record predators sharing Hesperornis's habitat.

• LiopleurodonCompared with: Mosaurs were later marine reptiles, not pliosaurs like Liopleurodon.

• IchthyosaurusCompared with: Mosasaurs were later marine reptiles with lizard-like bodies, not dolphin-shaped ichthyosaurs.

• MegalaniaCompared with: Megalania was a terrestrial lizard, unlike these marine reptiles sometimes confused with giant lizards.

• XiphactinusRelated: Mosasaur fossils preserve evidence of Xiphactinus as prey.

• CretoxyrhinaRelated: Bite-marked fossils and shared prey suggest possible encounters between these predators.

• Evolution of reptilesBroader topic: Their rise and extinction chart a major late chapter in marine reptile history.

• DallasaurusRelated: Dallasaurus helps illuminate the early evolution of this later, more aquatic group.