marine reptile
Ocean-dwelling cold-blood
A marine reptile is any reptile adapted to life in the ocean.
The term most often refers to extinct groups like ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs that dominated Mesozoic seas.
Living marine reptiles include sea turtles, sea snakes, saltwater crocodiles, and marine iguanas.
Fossils of marine reptiles are found on every continent.
- sea turtleOcean-dwelling shelled reptile
- mosasaurExtinct marine reptile
- plesiosaurExtinct marine reptile
- ichthyosaurMesozoic ocean-dwelling reptile
- sea monsterMythic ocean beast
Loch Ness · saltwater crocodile · leatherback · flipper · prehistoric · ocean · deep sea · open water · scales · diving · ancient · fossil · fossil record · extinct · swimming · serpent · sea snake · Jurassic
- fossilsdinosaur bones, ammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils
- prehistoric lifedinosaur, dinosaurs, triceratops, Velociraptor, velociraptor
- Prehistoric Reptilesdinosaur, T-Rex, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus, Spinosaurus
- Jurassic lifeBrachiosaurus, Archaeopteryx, Megalosaurus, sauropod, sauropods
- paleontologydinosaurs, fossil, paleontology, fossil record, dinosaur bones
- Cretaceous fossilsVelociraptor, mosasaur, Spinosaurus, ammonite, Albertosaurus
taxonomic class
marine reptilefish
Gilled aquatic vertebrate
marine fish · marine mammal · whale · dolphin · shark
marine, reptile, mariner, marina, maritime, submarine, ultramarine, marinade, marinate