Cartorhynchus lenticarpus compsognathus Este taxón ha generado especial

Este taxón ha generado especial interés en la paleontología por su combinación única de rasgos morfológicos

Se estima que alcanzaba una longitud de alrededor de 5 a 6 metros (aproximadamente 16 a 20 pies) desde la cabeza hasta la cola

providing thermal insulation in the desert environments where it lived

and primitive flowering plants

con manos de cuatro dedos provistos de garras en los tres primeros

Cartorhynchus lenticarpus compsognathus Este taxón ha generado especialCartorhynchus lenticarpus is an extinct species of primitive marine reptile belonging to the Ichthyosauriformes clade, recognized as one of the most basal representatives of this group that would later give rise to the classic ichthyosaurs of the Mesozoic. Its only known specimen was formally described by Ryosuke Motani and colleagues in 2014 from a nearly complete skeleton found in the Nanlinghu Formation , near Chaohu, Anhui Province (China) , and