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Mosasaurus (MOH-zah-sawr-us) was a mosasaur, a carnivorous, aquatic reptile, somewhat resembling a crocodile, with elongated heavy jaws: it lived in the Maastrichtian age of the Cretaceous period (Mesozoic era), around 70-65 millions years ago. The name means "Meuse lizard", because it was found in the Meuse River (Latin Mosa + Greek sauros lizard). They have flippers instead of legs. One of the first mosasaurs found, Mosasaurus hoffmanni, was excavated near Maastricht, the Netherlands in the 1770s. The beast was later named for the nearby river Meuse.