Paleoambiente y fauna asociada

aunque sostenido por extremidades robustas

according to most current interpretations

while its front limbs were surprisingly small but extremely strong

capable of reaching the highest leaves and branches of trees

Cartorhynchus lenticarpus Scale:1:1 Paleoambiente y fauna asociadaCartorhynchus 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