Prehistoric Terror of the Sea: Tylosaurus pembinensis

Distinguished by its long, knob-like snout (Tylosaurus means "knob lizard"), this killing machine was equipped with two sets of teeth - one set in its jaw and one on its palate - and a "double-jointed" jaw that gave it an extra-large bite.It would propel its 13-metre (43-foot) body through the water with the undulations of its crescent-shaped tail and four flippers. Its massive head and teeth allowed it to devour anything in its path: sharks, fish, other mosasaurs, sea birds, and maybe the squid-like ammonites. The first specimens of Tylosaurus were discovered by American palaeontologists Edward D. Cope and Othniel C. Marsh in the 1860s and 1870s in Kansas. A century later, palaeontologists in Manitoba unearthed the fossil of a colossal Tylosaurus-like animal that had died 80 million years ago.

This coin is the third issue of the Prehistorical Creatures.
The first coin of the series, released in May 2012, depicts the Pachyrhinosaurus.
The second coin of the series, released in February 2013, depictsthe Quetzalcoatlus.
The third coin of the series, released in July 2013, depicts the Tylosaurus pembinensis.
The fourth and the last coin of the series, released in February 2014, depicts the Tiktaalik.

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