Paleoartistic reconstruction of a plioplatecarpine mosasaur from the Western Interior Seaway with 3D laser scan and reconstructed life-like skull (credit artwork: Henry Sharpe). (IMAGE)

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Paleoartistic reconstruction of a plioplatecarpine mosasaur from the Western Interior Seaway with 3D laser scan and reconstructed life-like skull (credit artwork: Henry Sharpe).

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Paleoartistic reconstruction of a plioplatecarpine mosasaur from the Western Interior Seaway with 3D laser scan and reconstructed life-like skull (credit artwork: Henry Sharpe).

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Western Interior Mosasaur = artwork by Henry (Hank) Sharpe; piece compiled by Jamie MacLaren, 3D models based on Plesioplatecarpus planifrons (FHSM VP 2116), laser scanned by Jamie MacLaren at the Fort Hays Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays (Kansas, USA). I have readed out to Hank Sharpe regarding his artwork, but he has not yet explicitly given permission to use it (although the image has been availale online for 5 years).

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