Nothosaurus (SciiFii)

Nothosaurus alba (name meaning "white false lizard") is a species of sauropterygian reptile that originally lived from the Triassic period, approximately 240-210 million years ago, in North Africa and Eurasia as an extinct species of Nothosaurus and the genus itself was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and now lives in the Triassic Dinosaurs section of Cretaceous Park located at Sacramento, California. Nothosaurus alba is a semi-oceanic animal which has a lifestyle similar to that of seals. It is, on average, about 4 metres (13 feet), with long, webbed toes and a paddle-shaped fin on its tail. When swimming, Nothosaurus alba uses its tail, legs, and webbed feet to propel and steer it through the water. The skull is broad and flat, with long jaws, lined with needle teeth, which it uses to catch fish and other smaller marine creatures. Nothosaurus alba digs into soft seabed with rowing motions of their paddles, churning up hidden benthic creatures that they snap up. Once caught, few animals are able to shake themselves free from the mouth of Nothosaurus alba. Like crocodilians, the jaws of Nothosaurus alba have a rather strong bite force, but the jaw muscles for opening are weak, and thus couldn't open their jaws if they are force shut by objects or other animals such as humans wrapping or gripping their jaws tightly. In many respects its body structure resembles that of the more advanced plesiosaurs, but it is not as well adapted to an aquatic environment. Nothosaurus alba is largely solitary and often lives alone except during the breeding seasons.
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