Motani, R.; Jiang, D.-Y.; Chen, G.-B.; Tintori, A.; Rieppel, O.; Ji, C.; Huang, J.-D.
taxonomy · topology · range · morphology · ecology · geochronology
Read together with the published corrigendum at DOI 10.1038/nature15533, which corrected character descriptions and tree statistics while retaining the topology.
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.
claim:event:cartorhynchus-holotype-body-planCartorhynchus is anchored here only by holotype AGM I-1 from the Lower Triassic Nanlinghu Formation; that named specimen and horizon do not define the genus-wide first or last appearance or an ichthyosauriform origin.
claim:taxon:cartorhynchus