Mosasaur Skull In 4K! Did It Have A Second, Alien, Jaw? A Third Eye?

[@mooneyfinemineral]

This may not be the toothiest video I've given you but it is also the toothiest...

[@janetlykins295]

That’s a dentist’s dream!!!

[@mooneyfinemineral]

Thar be a lot of teeth in that head...

[@JoanieBC]

Given that the upper mid-palate teeth are angled back, my guess would be they were meant to keep caught prey going in the right direction. If you think about it, live prey will fight. An adaptation like rear-facing teeth would reduce the fight quite a bit. Either way, the prey is dead, but with teeth like that, the meal goes where it's meant to go.

[@amberandrews6842]

Very cool!! Thank You!!

[@nichole8609]

This makes me want to go to the Smithsonian to see all the dinosaur bones.

[@mooneyfinemineral]

I loved going there when I had the chance a few years ago.

[@timkai]

So, not a xenomorph? 😂 Oh well, I'm sure it was fun at parties, at least! Double jointed jaw and head sensor? All sorts of "party tricks", if you know what I'm sayin' 😏😉

[@mooneyfinemineral]

It was basically an angry sea snake with flippers 😆. But HUGE!

[@timkai]

@@mooneyfinemineral the BEST kind of angry sea snake!!

[@BuildingDwarf]

BigBoi SKull!!!

[@mooneyfinemineral]

MHMM!!!