👉 The term "salmin" is a name for an extinct genus of reptile that lived during the Cretaceous period, approximately 69-58 million years ago. The genus was named after a type of plant known as a salinum, which grows on certain types of soil in the desert regions of North America and South America. The salmin were small, herbivorous reptiles that had a long neck and curved limbs. They were primarily herbivores and lived