Leptocleidus
Quick Leptocleidus Facts:
- Lived during the Early Cretaceous Period
- Lived in the lakes of what is now Europe
- Was about the size of a white-beaked dolphin
- Was a freshwater pliosaur
- Was a Piscivore
Kronosaurus
Quick Kronosaurus Facts:
- Lived during the Early Cretaceous Period
- Lived in the ocean around what is now Australia
- Was longer than a killer whale
- Weighed almost 7 times more than a Beluga whale
- Was a Carnivore
Elasmosaurus
Quick Elasmosaurus Facts:
- Lived during the Late Cretaceous Period
- Lived in the ocean around what is now North America
- Was longer than a North Atlantic right whale
- Weighed twice as much as a Beluga whale
- Was a Piscivore & Carnivore
Pliosaurus
Quick Pliosaurus Facts:
- Lived during the Late Jurassic Period
- Lived around the shoreline of what is now Europe
- Was as long as a Sperm Whale
- Weighed as much as a Humpback Whale
- Was a Piscivore & Carnivore
- Fed of fish, marine animals and squids
Styxosaurus
Quick Styxosaurus Facts:
- Lived during the Late Cretaceous Period
- Lived on the shores of what is now North America
- Was shorter than a Sperm Whale
- Was about as heavy as a Killer Whale
- Was a Piscivore
Dolichorhynchops
Quick Dolichorhynchops Facts:
- Lived during the Late Cretaceous Period
- Lived on the shores of what is now North America
- Was about the length of a Killer Whale
- Was a little heavier than a White-Beaked Dolphin
- Lived on a diet of squids
Futabasaurus
Quick Futabasaurus Facts:
- Lived during the Late Cretaceous Period
- Lived in oceans around eastern Asia
- Was about as long as a Killer Whale
- Weighed less than a Great White Shark
- Was a Piscivore
Liopleurodon
Quick Liopleurodon Facts:
- Lived during the Middle Jurassic Period
- Lived in oceans all over the world
- Was as fast as a Great White Shark
- Weighed more than a Beluga Whale
- Was a Carnivore
Plesiosaurus
Quick Plesiosaurus Facts:
- Lived from the Early to the Middle Jurassic Period
- Lived in oceans all over the world
- Was a marine reptile
- May have laid eggs in the sand like sea turtles
- Was twice as long as a horse
- Weighed twice as much as a pig
- They breathed air
- Was a Piscivore and/or Carnivore
Dimetrodon
Quick Dimetrodon Facts:
- Lived during the Permian Period
- Lived in what is now Europe and North America
- Its sail-fin may have regulated its body temperature
- Was about twice as long as a horse
- Was a Carnivore
Lystrosaurus
Quick Lystrosaurus Facts:
- Lived from the Late Permian Period through the Early Triassic Period
- Lived in what is now Antarctica, South Africa and Asia
- Was about the size of a pig
- Lived a semi-aquatic life like a crocodile
- Was an Herbivore
Cynognathus
Quick Cynognathus Facts:
- Lived during the Middle Triassic Period
- Lived in what is now Antarctica, South America, South Africa and China
- Ran as fast as a Gray Wolf
- Weighed less than a Dachshund dog
- Was a Carnivore
Tanystropheus
Quick Tanystropheus Facts:
- Lived during the Late Triassic Period
- Lived in what is now Europe
- Its neck was half its length
- Was as long as a Green Anaconda
- Weighed almost as much as Panda Bear
- Was a Piscivore
Postosuchus
Quick Postosuchus Facts:
- Lived from the Middle to the Late Triassic Period
- Lived in what is now North America
- Its name means "Post lizard"
- Was as long as a saltwater crocodile
- Weighed as much as a modern cow
- Was a Carnivore
Moschops
Quick Moschops Facts:
- Lived during the Late Permian Period
- Lived in what is now South Africa
- Its name means "calf face"
- About as long as an American alligator
- Weighed as much as 5 wild boars
- Was an Herbivore
Casea
Quick Casea Facts:
- Lived during the Late Permian Period
- Lived in what is now North America and Western Europe
- Its name means "cheese"
- Was shorter than a modern pig
- Weighed as much a kangaroo
- Was an Herbivore
Edaphosaurus
Quick Edaphosaurus Facts:
- Lived from the Late Carboniferous through the Early Permian Period
- Lived in what is now North America and Western Europe
- Was longer than a Komodo Dragon
- Weighed as much as 2 black bears
- Was a Carnivore
Inostrancevia
Quick Inostrancevia Facts:
- Lived during the Late Permian Period
- Lived in Eurasia
- Was about the length of an American alligator
- Weighed as much as 5 wild boars
- Was a Carnivore
Placerias
Quick Placerias Facts:
- Lived during the Late Triassic Period
- Lived in what is now the western United States
- Was about the size of a hippo
- Weighed as much as a grand piano
- Was an herbivore
Ophiacodon
Quick Ophiacodon Facts:
- Lived from the Late Carboniferous Period through the Early Permian Period
- Lived in what is now the United States, Nova Scotia and England
- Was about the length of an American alligator
- Weighed as much as an octopus
- Was an omnivore
