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If they did though, I would suppose it to be convergent evolution to occupy the same or similar ecological niche to the then-extinct Icthyosaurs and, I believe, marine crocodiles (Geosaurus, Dakosaurus, Plesiosuchus, etc.).
I don't like the aesthetics of it to be honest and, on such large Mosasaurs as Tylosaurus, I would think to be absent. It seems to me like it'd be present in the smaller, faster moving Mosasaurs and/or the most advanced species appearing at the very end of the Cretaceous such as Plotosaurus.
If anything I've said is inaccurate, please correct me.
I'm actually not huge on the aesthetics myself, and you make a good point that it may have been a new feature. But then again, maybe not. Until more is published, we won't know.
Thanks for the comment.
We'll see, though. I have a Xiphactinus and a Protosphyraena I have to do soon, as well as a Basilosaurus, and I'm going to have to come up with decent color schemes for all three.
Hmm, possible sources:
Xiphactinus- dorado, barracuda, porbeagle shark?
Protosphyraena- black marlin?
Basilosaurus- common dolphin, bottlenose whale? Haven't seen too many dark-tone Basilosaurs.