Cartorhynchus lenticarpus compsognathus Longitud hocico-cola 290 mm

Longitud hocico-cola 290 mm

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

The name "Ichthyostega" means "fish roof

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

Cartorhynchus lenticarpus compsognathus Longitud hocico-cola 290 mmCartorhynchus 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