Sea reptiles on land

[Brachiosaurus]

I know that many of the sea reptiles of the Mesozoic were to large to go on land and not die, but lets say a young pleasiosaur, pliosaur, or mosasaur got beach by a storm or something and was uninjured. Does anyone think they would be able to haul themselves back into the water?

[SBell]

I know that many of the sea reptiles of the Mesozoic were to large to go on land and not die, but lets say a young pleasiosaur, pliosaur, or mosasaur got beach by a storm or something and was uninjured. Does anyone think they would be able to haul themselves back into the water?

A sea turtle is barely able to crawl up far enough to lay eggs. Even small dolphins, when beached, die without help. I don't think there would be much hope for all but the luckiest ones--their musculature and limbs aren't meant for pushing like that.  Maybe a small, very snake-like mosasaur.

But there are people here who could probably speak to physiology better than me.

[tyrantqueen]

Maybe. But there's the possibility they could be picked off by predators when they're on dry land. If they had been in a storm, they could have also been exhausted by fighting the waves and be unable to defend themselves (and of course they're out of their element)