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Pages in category "Prehistoric marine reptiles" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 )
Prehistoric marine mammals (4 C, 2 P) R. Prehistoric marine reptiles (6 C, 15 P) T. Trilobozoa (8 P) Pages in category "Prehistoric marine animals"
1.2.4 Other marine animals. ... List of prehistoric amphibian genera; ... List of dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles of New Zealand; List of European dinosaurs;
In shallow waters about 242 million years ago, a strange marine reptile built unlike any other animal ever on Earth hunted for fish and squid, using an inordinately elongated neck to ambush prey.
[394] [395] These remains were later named Ichthyotitan and it has been estimated to reach up to 25 m (82 ft), which makes it the largest ichthyosaur and the largest marine reptile ever. [396] Another large ichthyosaur was the Late Triassic Shastasaurus sikanniensis at 21 m (69 ft) in length [397] [398] and 81.5 t (180,000 lb) in weight. [399]
A massive jawbone found by a father-daughter fossil-collecting duo on a beach in Somerset along the English coast belonged to a newfound species that’s likely the largest known marine reptile to ...
Marine reptiles are reptiles which have become secondarily adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment. Only about 100 of the 12,000 extant reptile species and subspecies are classed as marine reptiles, including marine iguanas , sea snakes , sea turtles and saltwater crocodiles .