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For instance, both whales and plesiosaurs, another type of ancient marine reptile, made the move from land to sea, and scientists have unearthed fossils of amphibious species that show that.
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Category:Prehistoric marine reptiles Help Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. C Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs (66 P) I Ichthyosauromorphs (4 C, 3 P) M Mosasaurs (2 C, 26 P) S Sauropterygians (7 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Prehistoric marine reptiles"
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The prehistoric marine reptiles came in different shapes and forms, from semi-aquatic dinosaurs that could also live on land to crocodile-like creatures and long-necked pliosaurs and plesiosaurs. Our list includes individuals from these four categories: Semi-aquatic dinosaurs
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Marine reptiles were especially successful in the Mesozoic as major predators in the sea. There were more than a dozen groups of marine reptiles in the Mesozoic, of which four had more than 30 genera, namely sauropterygians (including plesiosaurs), ichthyopterygians, mosasaurs, and sea turtles.
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A remarkable new fossil from China reveals for the first time that a group of reptiles were already using whale-like filter feeding 250 million years ago. Topics Week's top
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New Prehistoric Marine Reptile Resembled a Miniature Mix of Loch Ness Monster, Alligator and Toothy T. Rex. The researchers originally thought the fossils belonged to the well-known nothosaurs.
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A countdown of 10 prehistoric marine reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs. Just to clarify, none of these animals are actually dinosaurs, they just li.
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Some 180 million years ago in what's now Germany, a dolphin-like reptile died and sank to the bottom of an ancient ocean. Remarkably, the creature's burial at sea preserved its body in stunning.
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Larger than Life Elasmosaurs were a species of plesiosaur that swam in a similar manner to a modern-day sea turtle — a method that scientists refer to as "underwater flying." They oscillated their large flippers as they whipped through the water. Their extended fins had evolved from legs as they moved off land and into the open waters.
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Mosasaurus (Credit:Dotted Yeti/Shutterstock) These massive, 30,000-pound, ocean-dwelling reptiles lived in various climates, with fossils found in Africa, Asia, Europe, Antarctica and the Americas. With 40-50 enormous, sharp teeth and a double-hinged jaw, Mosasaurus could open its mouth wide enough to swallow its prey whole.
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Following is a list of marine reptiles, reptiles which are adapted to life in marine or brackish environments. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) Extant The following marine reptiles are species which are currently extant or recently extinct. Crocodiles Crocodylus Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile)
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One of the enduring mysteries of paleontology, the demise of a highly successful group of dolphin-like marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs that flourished in Earth's seas for more than 150 million.
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The death bed of dozens of 50-foot-long ichthyosaurs, prehistoric marine reptiles that resembled chunky dolphins, had long puzzled paleontologists. A new study revealed why the creatures died in.
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A fossil from Antarctica is now the heaviest known animal in this group of prehistoric marine reptiles. Photograph by Stocktrek Images, Inc. / Alamy By Joshua Rapp Learn Published June 7, 2019 •.
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Researchers in China and the U.K. examined the fossil of a marine reptile called a pachypleurosaur from the early Triassic period (251.9 to 201.3 million years ago), which kicked off the start of.