Tylosaurus Teeth

Portion of the jaw of a Tylosaurus skeleton discovered in Catoma Creek in Montgomery, Montgomery County. Sometimes reaching 50 feet long, Tylosaurus was one of the largest types of mosasaur, a family of predatory marine lizards that lived during the Upper Cretaceous period.

Fossilized jaw fragment with several exposed, pointed teeth.
Courtesy of the Auburn University Museum of Natural History; photo by Claire Wilson
Fossilized jaw fragment with several exposed, pointed teeth.