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Oceans of Kansas Paleontology - http://www.oceansofkansas.com/
Late Cretaceous marine fossils from the Western Interior Seaway. More than 50 pages of information on mosasaurs, plesiosaurs and other fossils found in Kansas and the Midwest. |
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Introduction to the Ichthyosauria - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/ichthyosauria.html
Provides information on the ichthyosaurs which shared the seas of the world with the other great groups of large marine reptiles, the plesiosaurs and mosasaurs, while the dinosaurs dominated the land. |
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Mosasaur and Plesiosaur Pronunciation Guide - http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/dmlf.htm
Having trouble pronouncing those long names? Want to know what they mean or who named them? Ben Creisler has compiled an excellent listing of the names and their origins. |
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The Ichthyosaur Page - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/people/motani/ichthyo/index.html
While dinosaurs ruled the land, the ichthyosaurs shared the seas of the world with the other great groups of large marine reptiles, the plesiosaurs and mosasaurs. |
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The Plesiosaur Site - http://www.plesiosaur.com/
This site is intended to give serious and detailed information on the Order Plesiosauria, to provide a forum for discussion and for the presentation of ideas no matter how wild and fanciful on the palaeontology, taxonomy, biomechanics, biology and ecological role of members of the order. |
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Placodont - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placodont
Information from Wikipedia on the Placodonts, a group of marine reptiles with heavy armour plating that lived during the Triassic period. |
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Plesiosaur Directory - http://www.plesiosauria.com/
Introduction to the group including taxonomy, reconstructions, and original artwork. |
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M.J. Everhart's Marine Reptile References. - http://www.oceansofkansas.com/rep-refs.html
An alphabetical listing by author of published papers about ichthyosaurs, marine turtles, mosasaurs and plesiosaurs. |
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The Mepal Ichthyosaur - http://www.sedgwickmuseum.org/research/Mepal_Ichthyosaur.pdf
Provides information on the discovery, excavation and preservation of the ichthyosaur, Brachypterygius from the Jurassic clays of Cambridgeshire, UK. |
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Texas Memorial Museum: Onion Creek Mosasaur - http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/exhibits/mosasaur/
Information on this 30 foot long reptile, Mosasaurus maximus, from the Late Cretaceous. |
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A Day in the Life of a Mosasaur - http://www.oceansofkansas.com/mosa-sty.html
Paleo-fiction by Mike Everhart, with illustrations. |
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New Zealand's Ancient Marine Reptiles - http://www.oceansofkansas.com/nz-aus.html
Information about prehistoric marine reptiles of New Zealand, where, whom, when and what was found. Paleogeographic information, where in New Zealand to see fossil material displayed, suggested reading material and links to other related websites. |
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A Bibliography of Early Papers on North American Plesiosaurs - http://www.oceansofkansas.com/ples-his.html
Collection of links to a chronological sequence of papers published between 1851 and 1868, on the discovery, naming, reconstruction and subsequent controversy regarding American plesiosaurs. |
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Crystal Palace Plesiosaurs - http://www.plesiosauria.com/crystalpalace.html
Photographs of the first ever life size models of prehistoric animals erected at Crystal Palace in London in 1854. |
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Preparing Mary the Ichthyosaur at Charmouth Fossils - http://www.charmouthfossils.co.uk/preparing_mary/
Shows the processes involved in preserving and preparing the fossil of this 40 foot long ichthyosaur found near Lyme Regis, UK in the year 2000. |
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Discovered: The Missing Link that Solves a Mystery of Evolution - http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2006/apr/06/evolution.fossils
Article from “The Guardian” describing how scientists have found fossils of a crocodile-like animal that was on the verge of the transition from water to land, a critical early phase in the evolution of all limbed animals. |
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Giant Ichthyosaur Fossil Found on the Dinosaur Coast. - http://www.lymeregis.com/ichthyosaur_find/
Photograph and information on a giant ichthyosaur fossil found on the Lyme Regis Jurassic coastline, where Mary Anning made her discoveries 200 years earlier. |
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Marine Reptiles of South Dakota - http://www.northern.edu/natsource/earth/Marine1.htm
Overview of Mesozoic marine reptiles, illustrations, descriptions of specific types, and a glossary. |
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Reptiles of the Ancient Seas - http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/searepti.htm
From the Museum of UnNatural History |
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Marine Reptiles - http://biology.fullerton.edu/biol404/hol/hol_ch16.html
Links to other marine reptile sites by Richard Cowen. |
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Aquatic Reptiles - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/dinosaurs-other-extinct-creatures/non-dino-reptiles/aquatic-reptiles/
The Natural History Museum supplies illustrations of Kronosaurus, Liopleurodon, Rhomaleosaurus, Macroplata, Ophthalmosaurus, Shonisaurus and Temnodontosaurus, with brief facts about each. |
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Psephoderma - http://dipbsf.uninsubria.it/paleo/psephoderma1.htm
Photographs of some fine specimens of this armoured placodont and its description. |
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Lariosaurus - http://dipbsf.uninsubria.it/paleo/lariosaurus1.htm
Photographs and description of this Sauropterygian reptile. |
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Lipleurodon: An Aquatic Reptile from the Jurassic - http://www.3dhistory.co.uk/factsheets/03Lipleurodon.html
Factsheet on this marine reptile. |
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Ichthyosaur: An Aquatic Reptile from the Jurassic Period - http://www.3dhistory.co.uk/factsheets/26Ichthyosaur.html
Factsheet on this marine reptile. |