Silurian period 444-419 MYA

Devonian period 419-359 MYA

Carboniferous period 359-299 MYA

Permian period 299-252 MYA

Triassic period 252-201 MYA

Jurassic period 201-145 MYA

Cretaceous period 145-66 MYA

Paleogene period 66-23 MYA

Neogene period 23-2.6 MYA

Quaternary period 2.6 - 0 MYA

Cartorhynchus

Name meaning:

Short snout

Period of life:

248 mya

Period:

Triassic period

Habitat:

Coasts

Taxonomy:

Marine reptiles

Countries:

Triassic period Cartorhynchus | 3D Dinopedia

Herrerasaurus

Effigia

Cartorhynchus (248 mya)

Meaning of the name: Short snout

Cartorhynchus is a genus of marine reptiles, the earliest ancestor of ichthyosaurs, which lived around 248 million years ago in the territory of present-day China. It was likely about 40-50 centimeters long and weighed less than half a kilogram when alive. Most of the bones in its forelimbs were small and widely spaced, indicating that the forelimbs formed flippers. Its hind limbs were reduced in size, another adaptation for marine life. Most ichthyosaurs had long beak-like snouts, but Cartorhynchus had a short snout like that of terrestrial reptiles. This reptile fed either by suction feeding on small animals or by crushing small aquatic invertebrates.

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