Other ancient reptiles
Marine Reptiles:
Ichthyosaurus: Dolphin-like body shape, large eyes, powerful tail flukes.
Plesiosaurus: Long neck, small head, four paddle-like flippers.
Liopleurodon: Massive size, large, broad skull, powerful jaws.
Mosasaurus: Large, lizard-like body, powerful jaws, strong tail fin.
Nothosaurus: Long neck, flattened skull, webbed feet (transitional form).
Tanystropheus: Extremely long neck (several times the length of its torso).
Placodus: Blunt teeth for crushing shellfish, bony armor on its back.
Elasmosaurus: Exceptionally long neck.
Pliosaurus: Short, powerful neck, massive head with conical teeth
Atopodentatus: Marine reptile with a "zipper-like" toothed upper jaw split down the middle.
Dinocephalosaurus: Aquatic protorosaur with an extremely long neck, making up more than half its body length.
Hypuronector: Elongated body and large eyes. Large, paddle-shaped hands and feet.
Pterosaurs:
Pterodactylus: Relatively small, long beak, no bony crest.
Pteranodon: Large pterosaur, prominent backward-pointing crest.
Nyctosaurus: Distinctive, long, antler-like crest on its head.
Rhamphorhynchus: Long tail with a diamond-shaped vane, forward-pointing teeth.
Tapejara: Prominent, often elaborate crest on its snout and head.
Quetzalcoatlus: Enormous wingspan.
Dimorphodon: Large, robust head, relatively short wings.
Dsungaripterus weii: Upward-curving lower jaw and a prominent head crest starting midway along its snout.
Pterodaustro: Long, upward-curved lower jaw filled with hundreds of bristle-like teeth for filter-feeding.
Crocs:
Sarcosuchus: Enormous size, bulbous growth at the tip of its snout (bulla).
Stomatosuchus: Long-snouted crocodylian, needle-like teeth.
Kaprosuchus: Heavily armored snout, large, forward-projecting canine-like teeth ("Boar Crocodile").
Simosuchus: Short, blunt snout, leaf-shaped teeth ("Pug-nosed Crocodile").
Anatosuchus: Flattened, duck-like snout.
Champsosaurus: Resembled a gavial, extremely long, slender snout.
Dakosaurus: Short, broad snout, large, serrated teeth.
Suchomimus: Long, slender snout, sail on its back.
Thalattosuchus: Marine crocodylomorph with paddle-like limbs and a hypocercal tail fluke like an ichthyosaur.
Other Prehistoric Reptiles:
Dimetrodon: Large "sail" on its back (elongated neural spines).
Edaphosaurus: Similar to Dimetrodon but with crossbars on the spines of its sail. These two are technically closer to mammals than they are to reptiles, cladistically speaking.
Scutosaurus: Bony scutes covering its body.
Pareiasaurus: Bony knobs and ridges on its skull and body.
Captorhinus: Multiple rows of teeth in its jaws.
Proterosuchus: Long snout with a downturned tip (crocodile-like appearance).
Coelurosauravus: Archosauromorph with elongated ribs forming a gliding apparatus, similar to a flying squirrel.
Cotylorhynchus: Large synapsid with a disproportionately tiny head and a massive, barrel-shaped body
Drepanosaurus: Arboreal reptiles with chameleon-like eyes, bird-like heads, grasping hands and feet, a claw at the end of their prehensile tail, and a hump on their back.
Erythrosuchus: Large, predatory archosauriforms with disproportionately large, massive heads.
Estemmenosuchus: Large, herbivorous therapsid with multiple horn-like structures on its skull.
Hupehsuchus: Enigmatic marine reptile with a long, narrow, toothless snout, split dorsal plates, and extensive body armor.
Longisquama: Small reptile with extremely long, ribbon-like scales (or feathers) projecting from its back.
Odontochelys: Early turtle with a fully developed plastron, a partial carapace, and teeth.
Vancleavea: Medium-sized archosauriform characterized by its unique arrangement of osteoderms and elongated body.
Eunotosaurus: A parareptile with broad, flat ribs that were believed to be an early step towards the development of the turtle shell, although not directly related to turtles.
Drepanosaurus: A reptile with a very short, triangular-shaped skull, a chameleon-like grasp, and an exceptionally long, curved claw at the end of its tail.
Sharovipteryx: A bizarre gliding reptile with a membrane of skin between its legs, rather than its arms. It had long, slender legs and a tail, with its wings located between its hindlimbs and its tail.
Cotylorhynchus: Pelycosaurs with extremely robust bodies, small heads, barrel-shaped rib cages, and powerful limbs with thick bones.
Sclerocephalus: A large, amphibian-like temnospondyl with a very broad, flat head, a short snout, and many teeth, including fang-like teeth on the roof of its mouth.
Trilophosaurus: A reptile with a surprisingly short and blunt snout, often likened to a bird's beak, with powerful teeth adapted for crushing plant material.
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