Historia de Los Mosasaurios

What creature was mistaken for a whale, a crocodile, and a sea dragon? How did a land lizard become the ocean's greatest predator? Why did its discovery turn 18th-century science upside down? What do its fossils tell us about evolution, extinction, and climate change? Could its relatives still be among us, camouflaged as modern snakes or lizards? Mosasaurs, those colossal marine reptiles that ruled the seas more than 66 million years ago, continue to arouse passion, questions, and wonder. This is the story of their reign and their legacy. In this book, renowned science writer Pablo Marcos Rodríguez immerses us in an exciting journey through the rise and fall of these formidable predators. From their humble terrestrial origins to their total conquest of the aquatic environment, 'History of the Mosasaurs' reveals with rigor and informative clarity how these amazing reptiles, distant cousins of today's monitor lizards and snakes, lived, hunted, evolved, and disappeared. Through fossils, Cretaceous maps, and anatomical comparisons, readers will discover a vibrant marine world populated by giant sharks, predatory fish, and creatures that seem straight out of myth. This work not only illustrates the evolution of mosasaurs, but also sheds light on the birth of modern paleontology and evolutionary thinking. An essential book for dinosaur lovers, those curious about the distant past, and readers fascinated by the secrets that the Earth holds beneath its layers of rock.