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Cartorhynchus lenticarpus
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Translingual
vertical Cartorhynchus NT.jpg Restoration Cartorhynchus Scale.svg Size comparison Cartorhynchus lenticarpus holotype NGMC.jpg Fossil
Etymology
From Cartorhynchus genus + mul la lentus fexible + mul la carpus wrist, referring to anatomical characteristics that this animal would have had in life.
Proper noun
†1 Cartorhynchus lenticarpus la
species family †Omphalosauridae family the sole member of the genus †Cartorhynchus genus, a small ichthyosauriform marine reptile that lived during the Early Triassic epoch, about 248 million years ago; it has a lizard-like body, a short torso and a short, constricted snout
Hypernyms
species Reptilia class class; †Ichthyosauromorpha clade clade; †Ichthyosauriformes clade clade; †Omphalosauridae family family; †Cartorhynchus genus genus
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