Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More by Darren Naish, Darren Naish

Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More
Darren Naish, Darren Naish
Page: 192
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ISBN: 9781588347275
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More

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Dive into prehistoric waters and discover extraordinary sea monsters who reigned the ocean for 150 million years

Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More examines the anatomy, behavior, diversity, lifestyle, and evolutionary rise of creatures who conquered the seas for 150 million years during the Mesozoic era. Expert paleontologist Darren Naish puts these fearsome and mighty creatures under the microscope and transports readers to wild and primeval waters. In this gorgeously illustrated book, amazing creatures leap off the page, including:

Mosasaurs, known as “T-Rexes of the deep" Cretaceous sea snakes Long-necked plesiosaurs Crocodile-like thalattosuchians, the earliest sea turtles Ancient Sea Reptiles features fossil photography and artistic reconstructions of ancient creatures, from evolutionary anomalies to apex predators who survived extinction events, with chapters that include:

Chapter 1: Introduction
 Chapter 2: Evolution
 Chapter 3: Form and Function
 Chapter 4: Invading the Mesozic Oceans
 Chapter 5: Shark-Shaped Reptiles: The Ichthyosaurs
 Chapter 6: Long Necks, Big Mouths: Plesiosaurs and Their Kin
 Chapter 7: Sea Crocs: The Thalattosuchians
 Chapter 8: Mosasaurs: The Great Lizard Lizards
 Chapter 9: Sea Turtles
 Chapter 10: After the Mesozoic

More than 80 percent of the world’s vast ocean is unmapped and unobserved, prompting the imagination to run wild on what might lurk in its depths. But Ancient Sea Reptiles proves that what stirs the imagination even more are the spectacular prehistoric creatures that have already been discovered. The book is a feast for the eyes and the scientific mind.

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