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Description
Nothosaurus mirabilis
Named by G. Munster, 1834
Diet: Piscivore and Carnivore [Prey included fish and other marine organisms, as well as smaller marine reptiles such as juvenile placodonts (the remains of a smaller nothosaur, Lariosaurus, was found with the remains of a juvenile placodont, Cyamodus, inside its stomach)]
Type: Sauropterygian (Nothosaur)
Size: 13 feet (4 meters) long and 150 to 200 lb
Region: Europe (Germany) (For this species)
Age: Mid to Late Triassic (240 to 230 million BC; Ladinian to Carnian) (For this species)
Enemies: Sharks and possibly ichthyosaurs; Ticinosuchus, a 10-foot (3-meter) pseudosuchian archosaur (while the remains of it were found in Italy and Switzerland, trackways found in Germany, under the name Chirotherium, may belong to this predatory reptile)
Episode: Sea Monsters- Dangerous Seas (6th Most Dangerous Seas) (as nothosaur)
Info: Nicknamed the "seal of the Triassic," Nothosaurus and other nothosaurs were semi-aquatic reptiles that hunts in the water, as well as resting on the beaches and rock and its thought that the nothosaurs were the ancestors of the plesiosaurs and pliosaurs that would come later. It had a muscular tail that would helped it swim through the waters of the ancient Tethys Sea, as well as its five-fingered, webbed feet on all fours that was also used for walking on land, while its long jaws were equipped with sharp interlocking teeth (some in the form of paired fangs) that would've made a formidable trap to the fish that it preyed on.

Note: I'm back making the Triassic creatures that appeared in WWD and just a few more animals, before moving to the Jurassic and then the Cretaceous. But the one animal that also appeared in Sea Monsters that I'm skeptical about, is the coelurosaur (vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/w… ) for various reasons:
First off, the model of the coelurosaur is actually an already used model of Coelophysis.
Second, while fossil remains of members of the coelurosauria were mainly found from the mid Jurassic to the Cretaceous, possible remains of coelurosaurs may have been found as early as the Late Triassic, but this is speculative, because of the fragmentary nature.
Third, the segment is set mainly in the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic period, where some of the earliest-known remains of dinosaurs were found in rocks that date back at that time, which is pretty old for coelurosaurs.
So for that whole reason, I'm probably not gonna do the coelurosaur, unless you have any suggestions for an updated version of the theropod.

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Description
Nothosaurus mirabilis
Named by G. Munster, 1834
Diet: Piscivore and Carnivore [Prey included fish and other marine organisms, as well as smaller marine reptiles such as juvenile placodonts (the remains of a smaller nothosaur, Lariosaurus, was found with the remains of a juvenile placodont, Cyamodus, inside its stomach)]
Type: Sauropterygian (Nothosaur)
Size: 13 feet (4 meters) long and 150 to 200 lb
Region: Europe (Germany) (For this species)
Age: Mid to Late Triassic (240 to 230 million BC; Ladinian to Carnian) (For this species)
Enemies: Sharks and possibly ichthyosaurs; Ticinosuchus, a 10-foot (3-meter) pseudosuchian archosaur (while the remains of it were found in Italy and Switzerland, trackways found in Germany, under the name Chirotherium, may belong to this predatory reptile)
Episode: Sea Monsters- Dangerous Seas (6th Most Dangerous Seas) (as nothosaur)
Info: Nicknamed the "seal of the Triassic," Nothosaurus and other nothosaurs were semi-aquatic reptiles that hunts in the water, as well as resting on the beaches and rock and its thought that the nothosaurs were the ancestors of the plesiosaurs and pliosaurs that would come later. It had a muscular tail that would helped it swim through the waters of the ancient Tethys Sea, as well as its five-fingered, webbed feet on all fours that was also used for walking on land, while its long jaws were equipped with sharp interlocking teeth (some in the form of paired fangs) that would've made a formidable trap to the fish that it preyed on.

Note: I'm back making the Triassic creatures that appeared in WWD and just a few more animals, before moving to the Jurassic and then the Cretaceous. But the one animal that also appeared in Sea Monsters that I'm skeptical about, is the coelurosaur (vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/w… ) for various reasons:
First off, the model of the coelurosaur is actually an already used model of Coelophysis.
Second, while fossil remains of members of the coelurosauria were mainly found from the mid Jurassic to the Cretaceous, possible remains of coelurosaurs may have been found as early as the Late Triassic, but this is speculative, because of the fragmentary nature.
Third, the segment is set mainly in the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic period, where some of the earliest-known remains of dinosaurs were found in rocks that date back at that time, which is pretty old for coelurosaurs.
So for that whole reason, I'm probably not gonna do the coelurosaur, unless you have any suggestions for an updated version of the theropod.

Requested by

Walking with Dinosaurs and Sea Monsters is owned by BBC and Impossible Pictures