During the late Cretaceous, about 90 to 70 million years ago,
Louisiana was submerged under the warm and shallow Western Interior
Seaway. Here, animals like Ginsu sharks, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs
(huge, carnivorous, marine lizards), huge turtles called Archelon,
and even Hesperornis (a fully aquatic bird), lived there. The
waters were also fished by flying birds called Icthyornis.
Note that some of these organisms are speculative; the reason
being that they were found in very nearby areas with exactly the
same habitat and at the same time.