| ICHTHYOSAUR | Extinct marine Mesozoic reptile which had a porpoise-like body (11) |
| PTERODACTYL | Extinct flying reptile which had membranous wings supported on an elongated fourth digit (11) |
| ICHTHYOSAURUS | Extinct Mesozoic reptile with porpoise-like body |
| DOLPHIN | What is a porpoise-like creature (7) |
| COWDENBEATH | Fife town which had a booming coal-mining industry (11) |
| PLESIOSAURS | Extinct marine reptiles (11) |
| SEASCORPION | Extinct marine arthropod (In this answer, note the first 4 letters + the last 2 letters) |
| STICKINSECT | Tropical arthropod with a long twig-like body (5,6) |
| DANNYWILSON | Band formed in Dundee which had a 1988 hit with 'Mary's Prayer' (5,6) |
| SOUPDRAGONS | The -, band formed in Belshill in 1985 which had a 1990 hit with 'I'm Free' (4,7) |
| TERRAPIN | A reptile which has a thick shell covering its body and which lives partly in water and partly on land (8) |
| MOSASAUR | Extinct marine reptile like 'Bruce' at the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in Morden, Manitoba |
| AMMONITE | An extinct marine mollusc, common in Mesozoic times, with a coiled partitioned shell (8) |
| HOOPSNAKE | Harmless North American reptile which, according to folklore, can take its tail in its mouth and roll along like a wheel (9) |
| TUATARA | Large spiny lizard-like reptile which inhabits islands off New Zealand (7) |
| BANJO | African in origin, this instrument was popularized in the United States by enslaved people in the 19th century. It has a tambourine-like body with a hoop and a screw that secure the vellum belly to th |
| PLESIOSAUR | Extinct marine reptile of prehistoric Arctic waters |
| OSTRACOD | Tiny crustacean with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell (8) |
| YOYO | Move up and down like body weight or a toy on a string: Hyph. |
| TURTLEFORD | 'Ernie' is a giant statue of the reptile which makes up the first six letters of this Saskatchewan town's name |
