Lake Mosasaurs
Ranging across the sub-arctic. Native to the innumerable unexplored glacial lakes of Alaska, Canada, the Pacific Northwest, and Great Lakes Region. The Lake Mosasaurs (Stagniplatecarpiidae; Stagnoplatecarpus varians species Complex) are a species complex of Freshwater Mosasaurs containing a staggering 2,000+ species.
Biology
Species in this complex average out at 4 feet in length.
Ecology
Each species of Lake Mosasaur is native to one or two Freshwater Lakes that began to form at the end of the Last Glacial Period around 14,000 years ago, as retreating ice sheets exposed the basins they had carved into the land, which then filled with meltwater. A series of meltwater floods allowed a handful of or a single species of ancestral lake whale to migrate to hundreds of lakes, where they were then isolated and began to evolve into new species.
Lake Mosasaurs are often top-level shallow-water and open-water predators of their water body, Feeding on fish, crustaceans, mollusks, Lake Ammondosaurs, Lake Dragons, Lake Ichthyosaurs, Lake Plesiosaurs, Lake Zeuglodonts, and Lake Serpents. not many creatures prey on them once they reach adulthood, their only frequent predators being raptors and bears.
Notable Species
- Baikal Blotched Mosa
- Caribou Lake Salmon Mosa
- Caspian Chequered Mosa
- Caspian Leopard Mosa
- Crescent Lake Salmon Mosa
- Everglades Tiger Mosa
- Fishtrap Lake Salmon Mosa
- Kabetogama Lake Chequered Mosa
- Kijik Lake Salmon Mosa
- Lake Clark Deepwater Mosa
- Lake Clark Marsh Mosa
- Lake Clark Salmon Mosa
- Lake Clark Ocellated Mosa
- Lake Khanka Speckled Mosa
- Lake Khanka Spotted Mosa
- Lake Kontrashibuna Salmon Mosa
- Lake Kuril Mosasaur
- Lake Lachbuna Salmon Mosa
- Lake Nickerson Salmon Mosa
- Lake Portage Salmon Mosa
- Lake Telaquana Salmon Mosa
- Lake Telaquana Spotted Mosa
- Locater Lake Bicolor Mosa
- Loiten Lake Mosa
- Lower Tazimina Lake Salmon Mosa
- Oslo Lake Mosa
- Otter Lake Salmon Mosa
- Pickeral Lake Salmon Mosa
- Quill Lake Mosa
- Rainy Lake Leopard Mosa
- Rainy Lake Tiger Mosa
- Shoepack Lake Mosa
- Snipe Lake Salmon Mosa
- Summit Lake Salmon Mosa
- Turquoise Lake Salmon Mosa
- Twin Lake Salmon Mosa
- Two Lake Salmon Mosa
- Upper Tazimina Lake Salmon Mosa
- War Club Lake Striated Mosa
Similar Species
TBA
Conservation
TBA