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MARINE REPTILES

This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada Did you know that all of these prehistoric marine MATCHING creatures were the LARGEST Take a look at the prehistoric marine creatures below and draw of their kind? Well, at least a line to match the modern day it most resembles! that we’ve discovered so far!

PREHISTORIC MODERN

Archelon

Deinosuchus

Great White Shark

Livyatan

Crocodile

Megalodon Sea Turtle CONNECT THE DOTS How long was the Plesiosaur? Connect the dots to find out! Then, have fun and color it in!

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20 6 21 11 7 19 15 14 13 12 8 18 16 10 17 9 Count & Color The is the largest shark ever discovered! Count how many elephants weighed the same amount as a Megalodon, and then color them all in!

1 Megalodon = ____ elephants WORD SEARCH Read the fun facts to learn more about prehistoric marine creatures, and then find words from those facts in the word search!

The Megalodon had a The Livyatan was an —that BITE strong enough to means it was at the top of the food chain and crush a CAR! undefeatable. No other animal could eat them!

A P E X R O F S Y J C B A A I D Y D Z R G D A Y T U M Z J I B I P Z G Z E Z K A I X Q L B C L U C E X S D Z L Y T T Y C K P V G K B C E A M G A Z V E P T W K Q O B G L V H N A R J D Z M R W L J Q G S T I X I O U X I X Q E Z P R E D A T O R I T K O V O E Z W M G P K R X L R E U I C E U O I Y M R F O J D C I P O K D F R

Deinosuchus means “terrible crocodile” — Archelon means did you know that crocodiles sleep with “RULER Turtle” one eye open to look out for PREY to eat?

WORDS CAR APEX PREDATOR TO FIND BITE PREY RULER COLORING A plesiosaur and a baby. COLORING The Archelon had spots and stripes on its flippers! Be sure to add some in as you color! ANSWERS

Did you know that all of these prehistoric marine MATCHING creatures were the LARGEST WORD SEARCH Take a look at the prehistoric marine creatures below and draw of their kind? Well, at least Read the fun facts to learn more about prehistoric marine creatures, and then find words a line to match the modern day animal it most resembles! that we’ve discovered so far! from those facts in the word search!

PREHISTORIC MODERN The Megalodon had a The Livyatan was an APEX PREDATOR—that Archelon Sperm Whale BITE strong enough to means it was at the top of the food chain and crush a CAR! undefeatable. No other animal could eat them!

A P E X R O F S Y J C B A A I D Y D Z R G D A Y T U M Z J I B I P Z G Z E Z K A Deinosuchus I X Q L B C L U C E X S D Z L Y T T Y C K P V G K B C E A M G A Z V E P T W K Q O B G L V H N A R J D Z M R W L J Q G S T I X I O U X I X Q E Z P R E D A T O R I T K O V O E Z W M G P K R X L R E U I Livyatan C E U O I Y M R F O J D C I P O K D F R

Crocodile Deinosuchus means “terrible crocodile” — Archelon means did you know that crocodiles sleep with “RULER Turtle” one eye open to look out for PREY to eat? Megalodon Sea Turtle

WORDS CAR APEX PREDATOR TO FIND BITE PREY RULER

HOW TO PRONOUNCE… Archelon: Ark-eh-lon Livyatan: Liv-ya-tan Deinosuchus: Die-no-sook-us Megalodon: Mega-low-don