Aquatic Reptile Predictions

Since aquatic reptiles have been confirmed for JWE 2, let's discuss which one's could potentially make it into the game. Right now the only one confirmed is the Mosasaurus, but I doubt it'll be the only one. I also doubt we'll see any aquatics that aren't from the mesozoic, this is Jurassic Park/World after all.
Here's the list:
Mosasaurus - Already Confirmed
Tylosaurus - The most famous mosasaur besides mosasaurus it self. Could be added as a more scientifically accurate alternative to the mosa.
Plesiosaurus - Type species of the plesiosauria.
Icthyosaurus - Type species of the icthyosauria, could serve as an underwater equivalent to the various ornithomimids.
Liopleurodon - Made famous by walking with dinosaurs where it was shown to be 25 meters long, now we know it's only a measly five meters.
Ophthalmosaurus - Another one made famous by walking with dinosaur, could serve as an alternative to the icthyosaurus.
Elasmosaurs - Plesiosaur notable for it's extremely long neck.
Pliosaurus - Type species of the pliosauia and notable for being one of it's largest members at 10 meters in length.
Kronosaurus - Another large pliosaurs notable for it's cool name and being from Australia.
Shonisaurus/Shastasaurus - I put them together since the're basically the same animal. Gigantic triassic icthyosaurs measuring up to 21 meters making them the largest marine reptiles to ever exist.
Nothosaurus - Close relatives of the plesiosaurs, essentially reptilian seals.
Tanystopheus - A bizzare triassic reptile that behaved like a living fishing pole.
I doubt all of these will make it in, but these are the most notable one's I could think of.
 
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I think that's fairly accurate, though Pliosaurus and Kronosaurus seem that little bit too similar in size and shape I think (one could be blubbered and the other blubberless I suppose). Tanystropheus is also not an aquatic species by the modern interpretation as far as I understand it (a terrible swimmer last I heard).

I can make a few assumptions of what's probably not there, the Hupehsuchians come to mind, they're quite distinct, but also quite small (Parahupehsuchus is the largest genus, a bit smaller than 2m in length)

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Placodonts also come to mind, they are fairly diverse in form, but not that popular in my experience (smallish size probably has a bit to do with it).
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I think that's fairly accurate, though Pliosaurus and Kronosaurus seem that little bit too similar in size and shape I think (one could be blubbered and the other blubberless I suppose). Tanystropheus is also not an aquatic species by the modern interpretation as far as I understand it (a terrible swimmer last I heard).
I know, but it did live in a semi-aquatic environment so I figured I'd put it on the list anyways even though, ecologically, it's more similar to herons than any of the fully aquatic reptiles.

Another obscure group I forgot to mention was the thalattosuchians, or marine crocodiles, with the most famous one being Metriorhynchus. Albeit I could see them getting skipped in favor of some of the smaller mosasaurs and pliosaurs which fill the same niche.
 
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