List of marine reptiles
- List of marine reptiles
Following is a list of
marine reptile s,reptile s which are adapted to life in a marine environment.Extant
The following marine reptiles are species which are currently or recently extant.
Crocodile s:
American Crocodile :Saltwater Crocodile Lizard s:
Marine Iguana Sea snake s:*"Aipysurus"::"
Aipysurus eydouxii " (Spine-tailed Sea Snake)::"Aipysurus laevis" (Olive sea snake ):*"Astrotia stokesii " (Stoke's Sea Snake):*"Disteira"::"Disteira major " (Olive-headed or greater Sea Snake)::"Disteira nigrocincta "::"Disteira walli " (Wall's Sea Snake):*"Enhydrina schistosa " (Beaked Sea Snake, hook-nosed Sea Snake, common Sea Snake, Valakadyn Sea Snake):*"Hydrophis::"Hydrophis belcheri " (Faint-banded Sea Snake, Belcher's Sea Snake)::"Hydrophis bituberculatus " (Peters' Sea Snake)::"Hydrophis brooki "::"Hydrophis caerulescens " (Dwarf Sea Snake)::"Hydrophis cyanocinctus " (Annulated Sea Snake, blue-banded Sea Snake)::"Hydrophis fasciatus " (Striped Sea Snake)::"Hydrophis inornatus " (Plain Sea Snake)::"Hydrophis klossi " (Kloss' Sea Snake)::"Hydrophis lapemoides " (Persian Gulf Sea Snake)::"Hydrophis mammilaris " (Bombay Sea Snake)::"Hydrophis melanocephalus " (Slender-necked Sea Snake)::"Hydrophis obscurus " (Russell's Sea Snake)::"Hydrophis ornatus " (Ornate Reef Sea Snake)::"Hydrophis semperi " (Garman's Sea Snake)::"Hydrophis spiralis " (Yellow Sea Snake)::"Hydrophis stricticollis " (Collared Sea Snake):*"Kerilia jerdonii " (Jerdon's Sea Snake):*"Kolpophis annandalei " (Bighead Sea Snake):*"Lapemis"::"Lapemis curtus " (Shaw's Sea Snake)::"Lapemis hardwickii " (Hardwicke's spine-bellied Sea Snake):*"Laticauda"::"Laticauda colubrina " (Colubrine sea krait, yellow-lipped sea krait)::"Laticauda laticaudata " (Blue-lipped sea krait):*"Microcephalophis"::"Microcephalophis cantoris "::"Microcephalophis gracilis " (Graceful small-headed Sea Snake, slender Sea Snake):*"Pelamis platurus " (Yellowbelly Sea Snake, Pelagic Sea Snake):*"Thalassophina"::"Thalassophina viperina "::"Thalassophis anomalus " (Anomalous Sea Snake)Sea turtle s:
Flatback Turtle :Green sea turtle :Hawksbill turtle :Kemp's Ridley :Leatherback Sea Turtle :Loggerhead Sea Turtle :Olive Ridley :Ridley sea turtle Extinct
From the
Permian to the present day there has been numerous groups of extinct reptiles that have adapted to life in the marine realm:Mesosaurs
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Mesosaur idae: Early Permian:"Stereosternum ":"Mesosaurus "Lizards
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Aigialosauridae :Late Cretaceous *Dolichosauridae: Late Cretaceous:"
Adriosaurus ":"Dolichosaurus ":"Judeasaurus "*"
Kaganaias ": Late Cretaceous*
Mosasaur s: Late Cretaceous:*Mosasaurinae ::"Carinodens "::"Clidastes "::"Dallasaurus "::"Globidens "::"Mosasaurus "::"Plotosaurus "::"Prognathodon ":*Halisaurinae ::"Eonatator "::"Halisaurus ":*Tylosaurinae ::"Hainosaurus "::"Tylosaurus "::"Taniwhasaurus ":*Plioplatecarpinae ::"Platecarpus "::"Plioplatecarpus "::"Selmasaurus "Prolacertiformes *"
Dinocephalosaurus ": Middle TriassicSauropterygia ns*
Placodont s:Triassic ::"Cyamodus "::"Henodus "::"Paraplacodus "::"Placochelys "::"Placodus "::"Psephoderma "*
Nothosaur s: Triassic::"Lariosaurus "::"Nothosaurus "*
Pachypleurosaur s: Triassic::"Anarosaurus "::"Dactylosaurus "::"Keichousaurus "::"Neuticosaurus "*"
Pistosaurus ":Middle Triassic*
Plesiosaurs :Early Jurassic - Late Cretaceous:*"Plesiosaurus ":*Cimoliasauridae :*Cryptoclididae ::"Cryptoclidus "::"Microcleidus "::"Muraenosaurus ":*Elasmosauridae ::"Elasmosaurus "::"Futabasaurus "::"Hydrotherosaurus "::"Libonectes "::"Mauisaurus "::"Thalassomedon ":*Polycotylidae ::"Dolichorhynchops "::"Edgarosaurus "::"Manemergus "::"Sulcusuchus "::"Thililua "::"Trinacromerum "*
Pliosaurs : Early Jurassic - Late Cretaceous::"Kronosaurus "::"Liopleurodon "::"Macroplata "::"Peloneustes "::"Rhomaleosaurus "::"Umoonasaurus "Crocodilia ns*
Thalattosuchia : Early Jurassic - Early Cretaceous:*Metriorhynchidae ::"Aggiosaurus "::"Dakosaurus "::"Enaliosuchus "::"Geosaurus "::"Metriorhynchus "::"Neustosaurus "::"Purranisaurus "::"Teleidosaurus ":*Teleosauridae ::"Machimosaurus "::"Pelagosaurus "::"Platysuchus "::"Teleosaurus "::"Steneosaurus "Sea turtle s**"
Allopleuron "
**"Archelon "
**"Pneumatoarthrus "
**"Protostega "
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