Web Directory

» A Bibliography of Early Papers on North American Plesiosaurs
   Collection of links to a chronological sequence of papers published between 1851 and 1868, on the discovery, naming, reconstruction and subsequent controversy regarding American plesiosaurs.
   http://www.oceansofkansas.com/ples-his.html

» A Day in the Life of a Mosasaur
   Paleo-fiction by Mike Everhart, with illustrations.
   http://www.oceansofkansas.com/mosa-sty.html

» Aquatic Reptiles
   The Natural History Museum supplies illustrations of Kronosaurus, Liopleurodon, Rhomaleosaurus, Macroplata, Ophthalmosaurus, Shonisaurus and Temnodontosaurus, with brief facts about each.
   http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/dinosaurs-other-extinct-creatures/non-dino-reptiles/aquatic-reptiles/

» Crystal Palace Plesiosaurs
   Photographs of the first ever life size models of prehistoric animals erected at Crystal Palace in London in 1854.
   http://www.plesiosauria.com/crystalpalace.html

» Discovered: The Missing Link that Solves a Mystery of Evolution
   Article from “The Guardian” describing how scientists have found fossils of a crocodile-like animal that was on the verge of the transition from water to land, a critical early phase in the evolution of all limbed animals.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2006/apr/06/evolution.fossils

» Fossil Preparation Lab SUNY Brockport
   Watch the preparation of a fossil icthyosaur found in Wyoming in 1998. Click on "Current Projects"
   http://vortex.weather.brockport.edu/~jmassare/riley/prepcontents.html

» Giant Ichthyosaur Fossil Found on the Dinosaur Coast.
   Photograph and information on a giant ichthyosaur fossil found on the Lyme Regis Jurassic coastline, where Mary Anning made her discoveries 200 years earlier.
   http://www.lymeregis.com/ichthyosaur_find/

» Ichthyosaur: An Aquatic Reptile from the Jurassic Period
   Factsheet on this marine reptile.
   http://www.3dhistory.co.uk/factsheets/26Ichthyosaur.html

» Introduction to the Ichthyosauria
   Provides information on the ichthyosaurs which shared the seas of the world with the other great groups of large marine reptiles, the plesiosaurs and mosasaurs, while the dinosaurs dominated the land.
   http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/ichthyosauria.html

» Lariosaurus
   Photographs and description of this Sauropterygian reptile.
   http://dipbsf.uninsubria.it/paleo/lariosaurus1.htm

» Lipleurodon: An Aquatic Reptile from the Jurassic
   Factsheet on this marine reptile.
   http://www.3dhistory.co.uk/factsheets/03Lipleurodon.html

» M.J. Everhart's Marine Reptile References.
   An alphabetical listing by author of published papers about ichthyosaurs, marine turtles, mosasaurs and plesiosaurs.
   http://www.oceansofkansas.com/rep-refs.html

» Marine Reptiles
   Links to other marine reptile sites by Richard Cowen.
   http://biology.fullerton.edu/biol404/hol/hol_ch16.html

» Marine Reptiles of South Dakota
   Overview of Mesozoic marine reptiles, illustrations, descriptions of specific types, and a glossary.
   http://www3.northern.edu/natsource/earth/Marine1.htm

» Marine Reptiles: Palaeontological Museum, University of Oslo, Norway
   A collection of photographs of marine reptile specimens on display at various European museums. Text in Norwegian and English.
   http://www.nhm.uio.no/besokende/faste-utstillinger/fossiler/galleri/montre/marine_reptiles_liste.htm

» Mosasaur and Plesiosaur Pronunciation Guide
   Having trouble pronouncing those long names? Want to know what they mean or who named them? Ben Creisler has compiled an excellent listing of the names and their origins.
   http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/dmlf.htm

» Naturhistorisk Museum: Living Reptiles and their Fossil Relatives
   Fossils gallery at the Geological Museum, University of Oslo, Norway.
   http://www.nhm.uio.no/besokende/faste-utstillinger/fossiler/galleri/montre/english/m_ogler_e.htm

» New Zealand's Ancient Marine Reptiles
   Information about prehistoric marine reptiles of New Zealand, where, whom, when and what was found. Paleogeographic information, where in New Zealand to see fossil material displayed, suggested reading material and links to other related websites.
   http://www.oceansofkansas.com/nz-aus.html

» Oceans of Kansas Paleontology
   Late Cretaceous marine fossils from the Western Interior Seaway. More than 50 pages of information on mosasaurs, plesiosaurs and other fossils found in Kansas and the Midwest.
   http://www.oceansofkansas.com/

» Placodont
   Information from Wikipedia on the Placodonts, a group of marine reptiles with heavy armour plating that lived during the Triassic period.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placodont

» Plesiosaur Directory
   Introduction to the group including taxonomy, reconstructions, and original artwork.
   http://www.plesiosauria.com/

» Preparing Mary the Ichthyosaur at Charmouth Fossils
   Shows the processes involved in preserving and preparing the fossil of this 40 foot long ichthyosaur found near Lyme Regis, UK in the year 2000.
   http://www.charmouthfossils.co.uk/preparing_mary/

» Psephoderma
   Photographs of some fine specimens of this armoured placodont and its description.
   http://dipbsf.uninsubria.it/paleo/psephoderma1.htm

» Reptiles of the Ancient Seas
   From the Museum of UnNatural History
   http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/searepti.htm

» Texas Memorial Museum: Onion Creek Mosasaur
   Information on this 30 foot long reptile, Mosasaurus maximus, from the Late Cretaceous.
   http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/exhibits/mosasaur/

» The Ichthyosaur Page
   While dinosaurs ruled the land, the ichthyosaurs shared the seas of the world with the other great groups of large marine reptiles, the plesiosaurs and mosasaurs.
   http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/people/motani/ichthyo/index.html

» The Mepal Ichthyosaur
   Provides information on the discovery, excavation and preservation of the ichthyosaur, Brachypterygius from the Jurassic clays of Cambridgeshire, UK.
   http://www.sedgwickmuseum.org/research/Mepal_Ichthyosaur.pdf

» The Plesiosaur Site
   This site is intended to give serious and detailed information on the Order Plesiosauria, to provide a forum for discussion and for the presentation of ideas no matter how wild and fanciful on the palaeontology, taxonomy, biomechanics, biology and ecologi
   http://www.plesiosaur.com/