Length 241 mm

aunque sostenido por extremidades robustas

pudieron recrear la estructura interna de la mandíbula y determinar que había espacio suficiente para albergar un tejido blando y flexible

while its front limbs were surprisingly small but extremely strong

Cartorhynchus lenticarpus Scale:1:1 Length 241 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