Could dinosaurs swim

Answer 1

No. Dinosaurs never swam and never flew. Some would enter shallow water to catch prey and possibly bathe, but were not adapted for life in the water.

Don't get confused with animals like Plesiosaurs or Mosasuars, both of which are reptiles NOT dinosaurs. These reptiles did live at the same time as dinosaurs (throughout the Cretaceous).

Remember: All dinosaurs were reptiles, but not all reptiles were dinosaurs. There were marine reptiles and flying reptiles that lived at the same time as dinosaurs.

----------------------------------------------------------------------That's not exactly right. If the questioner means were there any aquatic dinosaurs, then the answer is correct. However, he's asking if any dinosaurs swam, I think some of the hadrosaurs did - maybe to the extent that modern muskrats do. There's pretty good fossil evidence that indicates some of these animals (Trachodon for e.g.) had webbed feet, which would suggest they weren't afraid to get their feet wet. As noted above, the only truly aquatic reptiles that lived during the age of dinosaurs were plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, and mosasaurs. The mosasaurs were just huge Varanid lizards, as the above answer notes. I'm not sure how the plesiosaurs or ichthyosaurs are currently classified, but they're definitely not dinosaurs.

Answer 2

no, it was a large land dinosaure that lived during the Jurassic period. it is a herbavore with a large stomach and short thick legs like a elephant only it had a proportionally small head and long skinny neck and tail. most memerably was the many diamond shaped plates sticking out of its back and tail! the cool plates make it a well known dinosaure that has even been shown in many movies such as the "Jurassic park" series and " land before time" series

Answer 3

False. Two-legged duck-billed dinosaurs are called hadrosaurs. They swim. Other dinosaurs cannot.

Answer 4

Lacking any real surface area on its forelimbs, the tyrannosaurus could probably not swim very far, but could have forded streams and narrow rivers using its powerful tail for propulsion.

Answer 5

Stegosaurus was an herbivorous, quadrupedal ornithischian, or bird hipped, dinosaur. Like all non-avian (non-bird) dinosaurs, Stegosaurus was a terrestrial animal.

Answer 6

A Tyrannosaurus rex could probably swim using its powerful back legs.

Answer 7

some do