It swam __________ in the seas, preying on fish, squids, and other __________________.
swiftly, marine creatures
It used its strong tail to _________ itself through the water with great speed and ______.
propel, agility
Tylosaurus could grow to be as long as a ____________, making it one of the _______ marine repitles.
school bus, largest
The babies came out tail first so they didn't ____________ underwater.
drown
It had a big head that was covered in super hard, _______________ all over
bony plates
It would swing its ______ around to hit and _______ the prey with the ______.
nose, stick, spikes
It was better at swimming ________________ than ________________, and it might have been _____________.
up and down / side to side / slow swimmer.
It had a _______________ and lots of sharp teeth to catch fish and squid to eat.
pointy snout
The Dunkleosteus lived in the ancient seas of Cleveland shale in Northern _________ many millions of years ago during the Late Devonian ______________.
Ohio / time period
They have found 2 fossils of the Pistosaurus in ______. We don't have as many ________ of the Pistosaurus as we do of plesiosaurs.
Europe/fossils
The Aigialosaurus was a marine reptile that lived around ...
85 million years ago during the late Cretaceous period
Where did the Onchopristis live?
It lived mostly in North Africa during the Cretaceous period
Thalassomedon lived in a sea called the Western Interior ____________ that ____________ North America in two.
Seaway / divided
It was about _________ long. The Pistosaurus looked a little bit like a plesiosaur, but it was not _____________..
3 meters/exactly the same
The Shonisaurus was a _____________ ocean reptile that lived about 200 million years ago during the ____________..
gigantic / Triassic period
Baby Shonisauruses had teeth, but as they grew bigger they _____________________.
lost their teeth
The Pistosaurus lived during the Triassic time period. That was between _____________ million years ago!
200 and 250
It lived over 200 million years ago during the early _________________.
Jurassic period.
It had a long snout filled with ....
sharp teeth and lived in the oceans near what is now Europe.
It had a very long neck made of _____________! It was about 13 meters long from _______________..
62 bones / head to tail
It was a _______________marine reptile, growing up to around 1.5 meters long.
medium sized
Fossils have been found in places like ....
France, Czech Republic, England and Bulgaria
Scientists have found _____________ in Thalassomedon's stomach. These stones may have helped it _________ its food.
stones / digest
Mosasaurus was a massive ______________ reptile, ruling the _____________ seas as a fearsome predator.
aquatic, ancient
Onchopristis was more like a_______ than a _______.
ray, shark
With powerful jaws and sharp _________, it could catch and devour large prey ____________..
teeth, effortlessly
It had a keen sense of _______ and remarkable hunting ____________ in the ancient seas.
smell, abilities
Anything that swam too close would get ____________ by this scary __________ fish!
snatched up / giant
What do you call the Onchopristis's nose?
rosturm
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