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I've been inactive on Deviantart very lately, but I wanted to do a favor for this underrated creature.

There's been a big boom in Spinosaurus paleoart, and every dino lover has been hyped about it. Sure, it's a revolutionary discovery, but nobody was this hyped when Mosasaurs were discovered to have flukes, or when psittaco was discovered to have tail quills, or perhaps even when mammoths went extinct after the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. Point is, Spinosaurus is receiving a LOT more fame than other extinct discoveries get.

So I took time to draw the not-very-well known Plotosaurus, who suffers very little paleoart. Go ahead on look on google images for this creature. It's either Jurassic World the Game or standalone drawings of itself or its skeleton.

Plotosaurus has been my favorite extinct creature for a few years now, so it was about time.

Random fun facts about Plotosaurus:
- Though it lived during the Cretaceous period, its fossils were discovered in California, so it may have not resided inside the Western Interior Seaway, but rather the ocean in the West Coast. More evidence would be needed for this though.
- It is theorized to have been the fastest of all Mosasaurs. It had reduced flipper size and a much rounder body which greatly decreased underwater drag. Even scale impressions show that the scales were streamlined too!
- The agility of Plotosaurus allowed it to catch fish with ease. It may have even been an entirely piscivorous Mosasaur.
- Plotosaurus bennisoni was 30 feet long, while Plotosaurus tuckeri was 43 feet long - placing it among the largest of Mosasaurs. However, P. tuckeri might be dubious.
- The eyes of Plotosaurus were humongous compared to that of other Mosasaurs. It may have been convergently evolving into something akin to an Ichthyosaur.

Description
I've been inactive on Deviantart very lately, but I wanted to do a favor for this underrated creature.

There's been a big boom in Spinosaurus paleoart, and every dino lover has been hyped about it. Sure, it's a revolutionary discovery, but nobody was this hyped when Mosasaurs were discovered to have flukes, or when psittaco was discovered to have tail quills, or perhaps even when mammoths went extinct after the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. Point is, Spinosaurus is receiving a LOT more fame than other extinct discoveries get.

So I took time to draw the not-very-well known Plotosaurus, who suffers very little paleoart. Go ahead on look on google images for this creature. It's either Jurassic World the Game or standalone drawings of itself or its skeleton.

Plotosaurus has been my favorite extinct creature for a few years now, so it was about time.

Random fun facts about Plotosaurus:
- Though it lived during the Cretaceous period, its fossils were discovered in California, so it may have not resided inside the Western Interior Seaway, but rather the ocean in the West Coast. More evidence would be needed for this though.
- It is theorized to have been the fastest of all Mosasaurs. It had reduced flipper size and a much rounder body which greatly decreased underwater drag. Even scale impressions show that the scales were streamlined too!
- The agility of Plotosaurus allowed it to catch fish with ease. It may have even been an entirely piscivorous Mosasaur.
- Plotosaurus bennisoni was 30 feet long, while Plotosaurus tuckeri was 43 feet long - placing it among the largest of Mosasaurs. However, P. tuckeri might be dubious.
- The eyes of Plotosaurus were humongous compared to that of other Mosasaurs. It may have been convergently evolving into something akin to an Ichthyosaur.