As you know, dinosaurs were gigantic animals that inhabited the earth long before us and that became extinct for natural causes several years ago.Those who lived on firm land were enormous, but in the depths of the oceans we could find the most terrifying and fascinating .In this article we will introduce you the most amazing marine dinosaurs.
Some are ancestors of animals that currently live among us, predators such as sharks or crocodiles descend directly from some of these marine dinosaurs that we will present in this article. Discover them all!
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10 amazing marine dinosaurs
1.Megalodon
One of the most famous marine dinosaurs, due to the movies that have been inspired by this gigantic animal that lived in the Jurassic period more than 150 million years ago.Many evidence of its existence has been found throughout all the oceans in the form of fossils.Imagine a shark of twenty meters and about fifty tons of weight, because that was exactly the megalodon. A terrible killer of the oceans in the jurassic period .
2.Pliosaurus
The first fossils of this sea dinosaur, were found in the Arctic.It was a large predator due to its more than fifteen meters of wingspan and its great speed underwater The head of this reptile is elongated and its bite much more powerful than that of the T-Rex .
3.Dunkleosteus
It was much older than the previous two, since I inhabited the earth more than 350 million years ago.To give you an idea of its appearance, was very similar to the pineapples we know today although much more gigantic .These huge marine dinosaurs were tremendously aggressive and instead of teeth, it had a kind of hard bone in the jaw.
4.Eurypterida
It is more than three meters long and was a kind of giant aquatic scorpion.It used its sting to hunt its prey, which little they could do before such a lethal weapon.With the passage of time, they left the oceans until they reached the marshes and finally began to live on land .
5.Thalattosaurus
Marine reptiles whose main characteristic was their immense tail that they used to propel themselves in the depths of the oceans .Their appearance is similar to that of the lizards of our day, but their size is considerably larger since they could reach four meters in length.
6.Askeptosaurus
I inhabit the Earth during the Triassic period, about 220 million years ago.They lived mostly in the water and only stepped on dry land to lay their eggs, so that their customs were very similar to those of reptiles today. Its shape resembles that of eels, especially for its fine figure .
7.Liopleurodon
It has the honor of being one of the heaviest dinosaurs of all that have been found, since it could reach up to one hundred tons.Due to its huge size , This ancient sperm whale had a varied diet since there was no prey to resist it .animal, they have been found throughout all the seas.
8.Temnodontosaurus
The peculiarity of this animal, among all the marine dinosaurs that we are analyzing, is that it had the ability to dive to a depth of 2,000 meters being able to endure more than twenty minutes without having to return to the surface.This characteristic made it one of the most feared predators of its time.
9.Ictiosaurus
They inhabited the Earth 200 million years ago and are one of the most famous marine dinosaurs that exist, because it is thought, from the reconstruction of their fossils, that they are the ancestors of modern dolphins.reaching speeds of about forty kilometers per hour in the water , so it was a very fast animal.
10.Elasmosaurus
The peculiarity of this ancient reptile, is that its neck was tremendously long and thin .It had more than seventy vertebrae in it, so you can imagine the immense of its neck.Elements have been recorded of this species of almost fifteen meters and that could weigh three tons, so we are talking about a very large animal, although not as gigantic as others that we have analyzed previously.
As you could see, Countless species of marine dinosaurs inhabited the planet Earth.Many of them, especially those we have analyzed in this article, were really impressive.Now we would like to know your opinion about them.Which of these marine dinosaurs has surprised you the most? Did you know any before reading this article? How do you think these aquatic animals became so majestic? We are looking forward to hearing your opinion, do not forget to write comments to this post. Go ahead and contact us!
Images: Eurypterida-Obsidian Soul
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