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Cartorhynchus holotype body-plan mosaic

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
CladesCartorhynchus lenticarpus · Ichthyosauromorpha

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morphology · medium

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.

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References

  1. A basal ichthyosauriform with a short snout from the Lower Triassic of ChinaMotani, R.; Jiang, D.-Y.; Chen, G.-B.; Tintori, A.; Rieppel, O.; Ji, C.; Huang, J.-D. · 2015 · DOI 10.1038/nature13866
  2. Corrigendum: A basal ichthyosauriform with a short snout from the Lower Triassic of ChinaMotani, R.; Jiang, D.-Y.; Chen, G.-B.; Tintori, A.; Rieppel, O.; Ji, C.; Huang, J.-D. · 2015 · DOI 10.1038/nature15533
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