List of marine reptiles
Following is a list of marine reptiles, reptiles which are adapted to life in a marine environment.
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Extant
The following marine reptiles are species which are currently extant or recently extinct.
Crocodiles
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- Crocodylus acutus (American Crocodile)
- Crocodylus porosus (Saltwater Crocodile)
Squamates
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- Amblyrhynchus cristatus (Marine Iguana)
- Hydrophiinae (Sea snakes)
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- 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)
- Enhydrina zweifeli (Sepik or Zweifel’s beaked seasnake)
- Hydrophis
- Hydrophis belcheri (Faint-banded Sea Snake, Belcher's Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis bituberculatus (Peters' Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis brooki
- Hydrophis caerulescens (Dwarf Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis cantoris
- Hydrophis cyanocinctus (Annulated Sea Snake, blue-banded Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis fasciatus (Striped Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis gracilis (Graceful small-headed Sea Snake, slender Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis inornatus (Plain Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis klossi (Kloss' Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis lapemoides (Persian Gulf Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis mamillaris (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)
- Hydrophis viperinus
- 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 colubrina (Colubrine sea krait, yellow-lipped sea krait)
- Laticauda laticaudata (Blue-lipped sea krait)
- Pelamis platurus (Yellowbelly Sea Snake, Pelagic Sea Snake)
- Thalassophis
- Thalassophis anomalus (Anomalous Sea Snake)
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Sea turtles
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- Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle)
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- Caretta caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle)
- Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp's ridley)
- Lepidochelys olivacea (Olive Ridley)
- Chelonia mydas (Green sea turtle)
- Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill sea turtle)
- Natator depressus (Flatback sea turtle)
Extinct
From the Permian to the present day there have been numerous groups of extinct reptiles that adapted to life in the marine realm:
Mesosaurs
- Mesosauridae: Early Permian
Phytosaurs
- Pseudopalatinae: Late Triassic
Squamates
- Aigialosauridae: Late Cretaceous
- Dolichosauridae: Late Cretaceous
Prolacertiformes
- Dinocephalosaurus: Middle Triassic
Sauropterygians
- Nothosaurs: Triassic
- Pachypleurosaurs: Triassic
- Anarosaurus
- Dactylosaurus
- Keichousaurus
- Neusticosaurus (Pachypleurosaurus)
- Pistosaurus:Middle Triassic
- Plesiosaurs: Early Jurassic - Late Cretaceous
- Plesiosauroids: Early Jurassic - Late Cretaceous
- Pliosaurs: Early Jurassic - Late Cretaceous
Choristoderes
Crocodilians
- Thalattosuchia: Early Jurassic - Early Cretaceous
- Gavialoidea: Late Cretaceous - Recent
- Eothoracosaurus
- Thoracosaurus
- Eosuchus
- Argochampsa
- Eogavialis
- Ikanogavialis
- Piscogavialis
- Siquisiquesuchus
- Gryposuchus
- Aktiogavialis
Sea turtles
Thalattosaurs
- Agkistrognathus campebelli
- Anshunsaurus huangguoshuensis
- Anshunsaurus wushaensis
- Askeptosaurus italicus
- Concavispina biseridens[1]
- Clarazia schinzi
- Endennasaurus acutirostris
- Hescheleria ruebeli
- Miodentosaurus brevis
- Nectosaurus halius
- Paralonectes merriami
- Thalattosaurus alexandrae
- Thalattosaurus borealis
- Xinpusaurus suni
References
- ↑ Liu, J., L.-J. Zhao, C. Li, and T. He. 2013. Osteology of Concavispina biseridens (Reptilia, Thalattosauria) from the Xiaowa Formation (Carnian), Guanling, Guizhou, China Journal of Palaeontology 87:341-350.
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