Are there dinosaurs living in the deep ocean?

Answer 1

The term 'Dinosaur' actually means vertebrate animals (animals with a backbone) that lived ON LAND roughly 65 - 230 million years ago, so there never were any dinosaurs in the oceans. Though there were several large aquatic animals that lived in the ocean during the same time frame (plesiosaur, mosasaur), these creatures are incorrectly called dinosaurs. (1)

As for creatures from the time of dinosaurs still being alive today, the fossil record of sharks extends back over 250 million years, before vertebrate animals even existed on land. (2)

I would say that there is a good chance that there are large, strange creatures living undiscovered in the deep ocean. Rare creatures like the Megamouth Shark (3) and the Giant Squid (4) have only recently been discovered in the ocean depths. The Megamouth shark is a very unusual looking shark, and was not discovered until 1976, a mere 30 years ago. The existance of the Giant Squid was also hard to prove, as very few carcasses are found, and many of these are extremely decayed. It was not until only TWO YEARS AGO that a live giant squid was photographed in it's natural habitat. Given that these two species lived undetected for so long makes me think it's possible that animals similar to the Plesiosaur (5) or the Mosasaur(6) could still be hiding in the oceans depths today.

Answer 2

My father's edge of the kin is from Papua New Guinea interior the Pacific Islands. most of the waters around this section are unchartered and you will nonetheless locate relics from WW2 while diving around there. considering the fact that i grew to become right into a infant my father and kin informed memories some dinosaur like creature with flippers and a protracted neck interior the waters close to the island the place he grew to become into born. There are deep, turbulent waters around the different edge of this island the place an abyss plunges into god is conscious the place. I surely have continuously puzzled what grew to become into down there, i grew to become into thinking sooner or later somebody ought to deliver a robotic down there to work out. even however, does no longer satellite tv for pc imaging be waiting to work out creatures that shape and length?

Answer 3

sort of, but they're mostly already extinct. One of the most well known ancient fish is coelacanth (or something on that lines, not really sure how to spell it). There are many others too.

Answer 4

na, there is no, dinosaur because the are exicnt animals if they present also they cannot survive in this world

Answer 5

Yes the found selicamps and they are living fossils

Answer 6

i think the lochness monster is a kind of dinosaur in the water...
(well,if lochness are true,though!)

Answer 7

yea i just finished talking to t-rex. he said him and the rest of his crew would like to get back on the land.

Answer 8

SAURdines.!!