Sea Reptiles By S.L. Hamilton An imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com A & D Xtreme
Tylosaurus Knob Lizard Sea Reptiles Sea reptiles were not dinosaurs but lived at the same time Ichthyosaurs plesiosaurs pliosaurs and mosasaurs swam in Earth’s seas during the Mesozoic era They breathed air like today’s whales
These powerful swimmers had jaws filled with sharp teeth They easily hunted their fill of large sharks squid fish and even flying reptiles and sea birds For millions of years marine reptiles ruled the prehistoric seas XTREME FACT A sea reptile was one of the first fossil reptiles ever correctly identified An ichthyosaur was found by Mary and Joseph Anning in Great Britain in 1811
