AQUATIC DINO SUGGESTIONS - Basilosaurus, sea scorpion, and more

[bitesizedbat]

I'm all for adding new aquatic animals to the game, and I'm super excited about what is already confirmed, but I would like to suggest a few more. This list actually doesn't consist of dinosaurs, but rather mammals, invertebrates, fish, and reptiles. Feel free to discuss and add your own suggestions! Please keep the suggestions to aquatic dinos/mammals/inverts/reptiles only.

1. Basilosaurus
Basilosaurus was a super long, thin whale that was mistaken for a sea serpent when it was first discovered. Its basically looks like an alligator-whale-snake! haha. It was first thought to be a reptile, hence the "saurus", but was later found to be a marine mammal.
Photo[www.paranormal-encyclopedia.com]
Size Comparison[www.prehistoric-wildlife.com]

2. Jaekelopterus rhenaniae (aka Giant Sea Scorpion)
What's cooler than an 8 foot long aquatic scorpion that buries itself in the ocean floor? It could be like the trilobite and give lots of chitin. Suggested by Johnny Chimpo: It could tranq megalodons and other aquatic animals, too.
Photo[www.toptenz.net]
Size Comparison[www.yale.edu]

3. Livyatan melvillei
It was originally named Leviathan melvillei, if that tells you anything. This is a big prehistoric whale that was a lot like a sperm whale, except it had the largest teeth of any animal, and actually used those teeth to kill and eat other whales. Funny thing though, it's actually a tiny bit smaller than what IRL megalodons were.
Photo[pre08.deviantart.net]
Size Comparison[img04.deviantart.net]

4. Stingrays
Stingrays have been roaming the ocean for millions of years. It would be pretty cool to see some sort of stingray in the game.

5. Leedsichthys
A giant filter-feeding fish that could get to the size of the megalodon. How cool is that?
Photo[static.guim.co.uk]
Size Comparison[upload.wikimedia.org]

6. Heicoprion (suggested by Johnny Chimpo)
These sharks grew to be about 15 feet long, and had a lower jaw that was made of a “tooth whorl”. It looks like a cross between a circular saw and a shark, and when you mix apex predators with power tools, the world quakes in fear.
Photo 1[upload.wikimedia.org]
Photo 2[vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net]
Size Comparison[www.prehistoric-wildlife.com]

7. Ammonoidea (aka ammonite) (suggested by Seb)
Cute, small squid with a shell. They are mollusks more closely related to octopus and squid than the modern-day nautilus.These guys are really iconic, and would be a great smaller ocean-dweller to give the water a more life-like feel.
Photo[orig03.deviantart.net]
Size Comparison[images.nationalgeographic.com], though they've been found in many different sizes

8. Anomalocaris (suggested by Seb and PCAwesomeness)
If anything explains how this these looked, it's that their name means "abnormal shrimp". These are from a family of animals thought to be closely related to arthropods. It is thought to be one of the biggest predators of its time, and would be a good animal to prey on trilobites.
Photo with tons of facts[blogs.discovermagazine.com]
Size Comparison[www.prehistoric-wildlife.com]

9. Odontogriphus (suggestion by Seb)
A worm-like mollusk that is so weird looking, he would be awesome to see in the game as a small ocean dweller. It had a really soft "shell", and multiple rows of teeth. I'm not sure how it could really be put in the game though, as it was supposedly only 5 inches long max.
Photo[phenomena.nationalgeographic.com]
The only size comparison I could find[41.media.tumblr.com].



Feel free to suggest more!

[|9th| Tycho]

I think it'd be great to have more diversity in the deeps... right now it's Megalodons with a dash of Plesiosaurs.

[Dino0310]

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