marine reptiles
Sea-dwelling cold-blooded vertebrates
Marine reptiles are reptiles adapted to life in the ocean.
The term most often refers to prehistoric groups—ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs—that dominated Mesozoic seas.
Living marine reptiles include sea turtles, sea snakes, saltwater crocodiles, and marine iguanas.
Unlike marine mammals, they are cold-blooded and typically must return to land or surface to breathe.
- plesiosaurExtinct marine reptile
- sea serpentLegendary aquatic monster
- ichthyosaurMesozoic ocean-dwelling reptile
- mosasaurExtinct marine reptile
- prehistoric creatureAnimal from ancient eras
sea turtle · leatherback turtle · saltwater crocodile · flippers · green sea turtle · thermoregulation · loggerhead turtle · sea snake · ocean dweller · deep diver · elasmosaur · fossil · fossil record · extinct · paleontology · beach · prehistoric · diving
- Mesozoicdinosaurs, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus, Spinosaurus, pterosaurs
- fossilsdinosaur bones, ammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils
- Cretaceous seasammonites, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs
- Extinct Animalsdinosaur, dinosaurs, tyrannosaurus, dodo, mammoth
- prehistoric lifedinosaur, dinosaurs, triceratops, Velociraptor, velociraptor
- Triassicarchosaurs, pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs, Pangaea, Pangea
marine reptilesmarine fish
Sea-dwelling aquatic creature
marine mammals · seabirds · bony fish · whales · dolphins
marine reptilesdesert tortoises
Dry-region land chelonians
chameleons · geckos · Gila monsters · monitor lizards · rattlesnakes