Everything Water Dinosaur

Ya see, now I don't thank yu givin the followers of this here humble blog enough credit. I believe most of them do understand dis difference, but I aint gon keep arguin about somethin neither of us can test. 

And yes, correctly, the mammal's name is Basilosaurus, and yes, per taxonomic naming rules, but that name suggests he was a reptile (lyk yu first thot lol). The taxonomic rule is that the first name given, no matter how erroneous (even callin a mammal a reptile) sticks, even though Zeuglodon would be a correct name for a mammal such as dis. 

So let me get this straight, you are all for incorrectly calling a mammal a reptile if its per some archaic, erroneous rule, but you aren't ok wit a rascal callin prehistoric water creatures water dinos for the sake of ease and with faith in my followers? yu done lost me with yo reason and [lack of] logic homie. 

I am very well aware of dis. Yu are not the 1st person to bring dis ish to my attention && I feel lyk ive mentioned it before, but Ill do it again. When I say water dino, I do not mean dinosaurs that lived in the water. When most people hear dinosaur, they think of old ass reptiles, when there actually is a difference between prehistoric marine reptiles and dinosaurs lyk you mentioned. I merely use da title ‘water dino’ knowing it is a misnomer yet I feel most people understand it. 

I post prehistoric fish and whales which erryone knows aint reptiles and aint anywhere close to being dinos. Sayin water dinos is just easier than ‘prehistoric ish that lived in water’. So sorry for using a clearly incorrect name that everyone here understands is incorrect, for the sake of ease and fluidity. If I felt that everyone who read dese posts thought every single goddang one was a dinosaur, I would change mah ways, but I think most people understand what the title ‘water dino’ implies. 

the specificity of dis question confuzes me, but I believe I have found the water dino of which yu seek. I believe it wuz the mightee MOSASAUR! back in da cretaceous perid, the world was a lil more wet. North america was covered in a lot more water than it is today and mosasaur fossils have been found all the way up from Canada, down to Alabama. 

In all honesty, there could be many many carnivorous water dinos that live in the prairies and plains of canada throughout the course of da earths lyfe. But currently the largest fossil of a Mosasaur is up in Manitoba Canada so Im guezzin thats what yu look fo. 

depend on da type of water dino we dealin wit. some uv em clearly can do jus fyn outta the water, but most wouldn't live to see anotha day. 

Think of a beached whale (nd I aint talkin bout yo mama at da beach). Yeah they breathe air (like water dinos) but they still aint gonna survive outta the water fo long. 

big water dinosaurs are cool. I am qonna qo out on a limb and guezz yu axing me what the biggest water dinosaur was. Well big is a lil hard to define, but I can contribute a lil bit to longest water dinosaur. 

On one hand we got da infamous Megalodon. He reached a total length of 16 meters (52 feet) but it has been thought that he could possibly gro up to 20.3 meters (67 feet). Imajin dat, a 67 foot shark.

But on another hand, we got a certain long Ichthyosaur named Shastasaurus. There is a bit of controversy ova his tru size, but he was suspected to have grown up to 21 meters (69 feet).

Last up we got Mauisaurus which was a type of plesiosaur (think Nessie yo, or Elasmosaurus). He grew up to 20 meters (66 feet) but wut was crazy bout im was dat his neck accounted fo 15 of dose meters (49 of dose feet)! his length was 75% neck and 25% body which make giraffes look like lil bitches 

As sad as dis may sound, I figya'd this blog mite end up like the water dinos its dedicated to... Extinct but still badazz. Yet all the recent activity has maed this rascal reconsider that && keep it goin longa still. Anyway, pictured above is Thalattoarchon Saurophagis n needless 2 say, hes a boss @$$ bitch. 

As u all can prolly guess, he is an Ichthyosaur (like da Shonisaurus). He is akshully a relatively new water dinosaur that was found in Nevada in 2010 and formally described in 2013. Unfortunately, the only skeleton of my boi Thalattoarchon is still incomplete and his appearance has been sceintifically guezzed based on other Ichthyosaurs. This rascal actually looks verver similar to Cymbospondylus but a distinct characteristic bout him is dat his head is about twice as big (relative to da bod) and he has some big ol chompers. 

Fun factoid: Thalattoarchon Saurophagis in Gr33k means Lizard Eating Sovereign of the Sea. Which aint too surprising given dat he was thought to be one of da FURST marine macropredators that wuz capable of eating prey that was almost da same size as himself. If that aint the hypest thing yu heard all day, then you must lead a pretty goddamn interestin life.