EditorialOs Maxillaires fossiles'. Skull of Mosasaurus, a genus of mosasaur, carnivorous, aquatic lizards, resembling flippered crocodiles, with elongated heavy jaws. Discovered "en 1780" according to Cuvier. Histoire naturelle de la montagne de Saint-Pierre d...
EditorialDe Saint-Fond's romantic but inaccurate presentation of the discovery of Mosasaurus. Histoire naturelle de la montagne de Saint-Pierre de Maestricht. Paris, an 7, [1799.]. Source: 39.i.15 Detaild from the title page.