Cartorhynchus lenticarpus compsognathus was first described by Bohlin

was first described by Bohlin in 1953

Longitud hocico-cola 290 mm

The name "Ichthyostega" means "fish roof

providing thermal insulation in the desert environments where it lived

Medidas aproximadas del Carnotaurus:

Cartorhynchus lenticarpus compsognathus was first described by BohlinCartorhynchus 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