Ancient sea reptiles : plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs, and more /
When dinosaurs roamed the Earth, lesser known but equally fearsome creatures commanded the sea. Naish takes readers for a dive into prehistoric waters, in order to discover extraordinary sea creatures who reigned supreme in the ocean for 150 million years. You'll discover apex predators, evolut...
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Washington, D.C. :
Smithsonian Books,
[2023].
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Table of Contents:
- Evolution
- Anatomy
- The lesser-known groups: mesosaurs, Triassic sauropterygians, Cretaceous sea snakes and more
- Shark-shaped reptiles: the ichthyosaurs and their kin
- Long necks, big mouths: the plesiosaurs
- Sea crocs: the thalattosuchians
- Mosasaurs: the great sea lizards
- Sea turtles.