The holotype preserves a short-snouted, short-trunked ichthyosauromorph with large flippers and dense limb bones; amphibious habits and suction feeding are bounded functional interpretations.
Represented range248–248 Ma
RegionsUpper member of the Nanlinghu Formation, Chaohu, Anhui, China
Holotype AGM I-1 preserves a small, short-snouted ichthyosauromorph with large flippers and dense limb and rib bone; amphibious habits, suction feeding and its phylogenetic position are bounded interpretations rather than observed behaviour or direct ancestry.