Plesiosaurs were marine reptiles that co-existed with dinosaurs.

蛇是海洋爬行动物，它们与恐生活在同一时代。

Later, aged 22, Mary discovered the first plesiosaur skeleton.

后来，22 岁的玛丽发现了第一具蛇骨架。

At sea, though, the most abundant reptiles were the ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs.

但是在海里，最繁盛的爬行动物要属鱼和蛇了。

For years, palaeontologists have wondered if the same was true of plesiosaurs.

数年来，古生物学家一直蛇是否也通过怀胎方式繁殖后代。

Among the likely creatures to have laid it are species of mosasaurs and plesiosaurs.

沧和蛇是可能产此蛋的生物。

It's hoped it will help unravel the evolution of long-necked plesiosaurs in Australia.

人们希望这个发现能有助于解开澳大利亚长的蛇化过程之秘。

They found that the plesiosaur lurked in the ocean more than 200 million years ago.

他们发现，这种蛇生活在2亿多年前的海洋中。

Its predators include mosasaurs and plesiosaurs, large water creatures up to 15 meters in length.

它的捕食者包括沧和蛇，这是一种体长可达15米的大型水生物。

Instead, Dr O'Keefe believes he has discovered evidence that plesiosaurs, too, gave birth to live young.

反过来，奥基夫博士相信他已发现了蛇同样靠胎生繁殖的证据。

It was said to be a sort of plesiosaur, somehow stranded in the loch from 65m years ago.

据说这是蛇的一种，六千五百万年前由于某种原因在此搁浅。

Known fondly as Nessie, the Loch Ness monster resembles a huge, aquatic reptile which is now extinct, called the plesiosaur.

尼斯湖水怪通常被称为 Nessie ，与一种巨大的水生爬行类动物很像，那种水生爬行动物就是已绝种的蛇。

They probably remind you of animals like mosasaurs, ichthyosaurs, and plesiosaurs.

它们可能会让您起沧、鱼和蛇等动物。

In front of their shoulders Plesiosaurs varied tremendously.

在他们的肩膀前面，蛇千差万别。

She discovered the first-ever plesiosaur remains, the first pterosaur fossil found in England.

她发现了第一块蛇遗骸，这是在英国发现的第一块翼化石。

The seas roared with the might of marine reptiles like the ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs.

鱼和蛇等海洋爬行动物的力量在大海中咆哮。

Other aquatic creatures  of the time like the plesiosaurs and mosasaurs are technically not dinosaurs.

当时的其他水生生物，如蛇和沧，严格来说并不是恐。

With a long neck and flippers, a plesiosaur could reach 15 meters in length which would actually match estimations of the sheer size of Nessie.

蛇有着长长的脖子和脚蹼，一只蛇可以达到15米之长，蛇的长度事实上可以与尼斯湖水怪的净长相匹配。

I remember quoting that she'd found the ichthyosaurs and the plesiosaurs and really sparked the imagination of so many people at the time.

我记得引用过她发现了鱼和蛇，这确实激发了当时很多人的象力。

And the subduction continued through the extinction of Kronosaurus, and later, that of all of the plesiosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous.

俯冲一直持续到克朗灭绝，然后是白垩纪末期所有蛇的灭绝。

While the others on this list were all land dinosaurs, the plesiosaur was a marine reptile and an intact skeleton of one was just discovered in Australia.

虽然名单上的其他恐都是陆地恐，但蛇是一种海洋爬行动物，而且刚刚在澳大利亚上发现了一具完整的蛇骨架。