Cartorhynchus lenticarpus

From Cartorhynchus + Latin lentus (“fexible”) + Latin carpus (“wrist”), referring to anatomical characteristics that this animal would have had in life.

†Cartorhynchus lenticarpus

1. A taxonomic species within the family †Omphalosauridae – the sole member of the genus †Cartorhynchus, 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.

• (species): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; †Ichthyosauromorpha – clade; †Ichthyosauriformes – clade; †Omphalosauridae – family; †Cartorhynchus – genus

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