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Published Date: July 21, 2026

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Japan's first mosasaur premaxilla fossil hints at a new species

A research team from Okayama University of Science, Tokyo City University, the Natural History Museum, Kishiwada City (Osaka Prefecture),…

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A research team from Okayama University of Science, Tokyo City University, the Natural History Museum, Kishiwada City (Osaka Prefecture), and other institutions has identified four previously unrecognized fossil bones from a rock containing mosasaur remains collected about 30 years ago in Kishiwada City, Osaka Prefecture.

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