One of the earliest restorations of "Tylosaurus" comes from an illustration by a popular artist named Henry Worrall for paleontologist William E. Webb's 1872 fictional book "Buffalo Land". This illustration, which is titled "The sea which once covered the plains", represents one of the first paleoart of marine reptiles and pterosaurs from the Niobrara Formation. At the center of the illustration rises a giant "Tylosaurus" (identified as "Liodon proriger"). The appearance of this mosasaur was influenced by Cope, who was an acquaintance of Webb, as evidenced by its excessively elongated tail and serpentine appearance. Additionally, the "Tylosaurus" was given a rather long neck. Although not as long as those of plesiosaurs like "Elasmosaurus", this detail would influence subsequent depictions of "Tylosaurus" in art. An example of this can be seen in the famous fossil collector Charles Hazelius Sternberg's 1889 fictional narrative "The Young Fossil Hunters: A True Story of Western Exploration and Adventure", which contains a scene where a giant "Tylosaurus" skeleton measuring in total length with a long and slender neck that is long is uncovered.