Prehistoric Reptiles

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 Dinosaur

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

Gorgonops

Quick Gorgonops Facts: - Lived during the Late Permian Period - Lived in what is now Africa - Weighed as much as a cow - Was about as long as a great white shark - Was a carnivore

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