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How many years did Icthyosaurs live before becoming extinct?
Approximately 250 million years! Amazing!
I need a fish's name that starts with an i?
"Icthyosaurs" were large marine reptiles.
What are the ichthyosaurus and plesiosaurus called?
Icthyosaurs and plesiosaurs are referred to as marine reptiles. They were not closely related.
What are the ichthyosaurus and plesiosaurus?
Plesiosaurs and icthyosaurs were two unrelated groups of marine reptiles that lived during the Mesozoic. Plesiosaurs had long necks and short tails, or short necks and long tails, and they propelled themselves using their flippers. Icthyosaurs were reptiles that looked much like fish, with a long narrow snout, and a vertical tail fin. Both plesiosaurs and icthyosaurs ate marine animals.
What dinosaur is dolphin like?
No dinosaur was ever dolphin like, however, another group of Mesozoic reptiles, the icthyosaurs, resembled dolphins in shape.
What were the names of the swiming dinosaurs?
There were no ocean dwelling dinosaurs. Large marine reptiles that are often thought of as dinosaurs include plesiosaurs, pliosaurs, mosasaurs, and icthyosaurs.
What was the largest prehitoric aqua dinosaur?
There were no aquatic dinosaurs. Some prehistoric marine reptiles are mistakenly called dinosaurs. These include plesiosaurs, pliosaurs, icthyosaurs, and mosasaurs.
What are some fined dinosaurs?
All dinosaurs were terrestrial. Therefor, there are no finned dinosaurs. However, there were finned reptiles that looked a lot like fish or dolphins, and they were called icthyosaurs.
Do dinosaurs still live under water?
Dinosaurs never lived underwater. There were marine reptiles that are sometimes inaccurately called dinosaurs; these include icthyosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, and pliosaurs. All of these are extinct. There are a few marine reptiles alive today, though. These are sea turtles, sea snakes, and the semi-aquatic marine iguana.
What marine creatures lived during the Jurassic period?
Marine creatures like sharks existed in the Jurassic. Marine reptiles like icthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and thalattosuchians also existed. Thalattosuchians are fully marine reptiles.
What Dinosaurs in the water?
Dinosaurs were all terrestrial creatures, although a few, such as Spinosaurus and Baryonyx, specialized in freshwater fishing. Large marine reptiles that were not dinosaurs but existed at the same time include plesiosaurs, pliosaurs, icthyosaurs, and mosasaurs.
What dinosaurs thrived in the water?
Dinosaurs were all terrestrial creatures, although a few, such as Spinosaurus and Baryonyx, specialized in freshwater fishing. Large marine reptiles that were not dinosaurs but existed at the same time include plesiosaurs, pliosaurs, icthyosaurs, and mosasaurs.
