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The 34 pages that link to Marine reptile, each with the reason it gives.

• JurassicRelated: Marine reptiles occupied Jurassic seas alongside diverse invertebrate communities.

• Sea turtleNarrower topic: Sea turtles are one lineage within this broader ecological group.

• MosasaurNarrower topic: Mosasaurs were among the last major groups of Mesozoic marine reptiles.

• PlesiosauriaNarrower topic: Plesiosaurs are one extinct branch of the broader marine-reptile assemblage.

• Marine mammalCompared with: Marine reptiles evolved aquatic adaptations independently of marine mammals.

• IchthyosauriaNarrower topic: Ichthyosauria is one of the most specialized extinct marine-reptile lineages.

• Late JurassicNarrower topic: Marine reptiles were major predators and consumers in Late Jurassic seas.

• PlesiosaurNarrower topic: Plesiosaurs were part of a diverse, independently evolved marine reptile fauna.

• PachyostosisNarrower topic: Several marine reptile lineages evolved pachyostotic bones as ballast.

• Plesiosaur locomotionNarrower topic: Plesiosaur swimming belongs to the broader evolution of reptilian life in water.

• CryptoclidusNarrower topic: This broader category places Cryptoclidus among reptiles that returned to the sea.

• ElasmosaurusNarrower topic: Elasmosaurus’s swimming anatomy is one specialized solution within this broader group.

• PlesiosaurusNarrower topic: Plesiosaurus belonged to a diverse assemblage of reptiles that returned to the sea.

• TylosaurusNarrower topic: Tylosaurus exemplifies the large marine reptiles that dominated some Cretaceous seas.

• MosasaurusNarrower topic: Mosasaurus was part of the wider history of reptiles returning to the sea.

• LiopleurodonNarrower topic: Liopleurodon was a marine reptile, not a dinosaur or a fish.

• Sea serpentCompared with: Fossil marine reptiles are sometimes invoked as explanations, but their lineages went extinct long before modern sightings.

• ArchelonNarrower topic: Archelon was one of several reptile lineages that occupied Cretaceous oceans.

• IchthyosaurusNarrower topic: This broad category distinguishes Ichthyosaurus from fish and marine mammals.

• MetriorhynchidaeRelated: Metriorhynchids belong to the broader ecological group of marine reptiles.

• NothosaurusNarrower topic: Nothosaurus is one example of a Triassic marine reptile.

• PliosauroideaNarrower topic: Pliosauroids were air-breathing reptiles adapted to life in ancient oceans.

• ShonisaurusNarrower topic: This broader category distinguishes Shonisaurus from marine mammals and fishes.

• TanystropheusRelated: Tanystropheus fossils occur in marine deposits, but its degree of aquatic dependence remains debated.

• Evolution of reptilesRelated: Repeated marine adaptations show reptiles occupying aquatic niches across geological time.

• KronosaurusNarrower topic: Kronosaurus was a marine reptile, not a dinosaur or mammal.

• PlacodontiaNarrower topic: Placodonts were part of the wider evolutionary radiation of reptiles into the sea.

• TemnodontosaurusNarrower topic: Temnodontosaurus was a marine reptile, not a dinosaur or fish.

• ThalattosauriaNarrower topic: Comparisons across marine reptiles help test which thalattosaur traits reflect shared ancestry or aquatic adaptation.

• DallasaurusNarrower topic: Dallasaurus marks an early stage in the mosasaur transition to marine life.

• PlatypterygiusNarrower topic: Platypterygius exemplifies a fully aquatic reptile that breathed air.

• PleurosauridaeNarrower topic: Pleurosauridae is one distinctive extinct lineage within this broader ecological grouping.

• TeleosauridaeRelated: Teleosaurids were one distinctive lineage among Mesozoic marine reptiles.

• Triassic–Jurassic extinctionNarrower topic: Marine reptiles diversified in the changing seas after the extinction.