Caypullisaurus
Sign in to saveCaypullisaurus is an extinct genus of platypterygiine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous (Tithonian and Berriasian stages) of Argentina. Its holotype was collected from the Vaca Muerta Formation of Cerro Lotena, Neuquen, dating to the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic, about 150 million years ago. Caypullisaurus was first named by Marta Fernández in 1997 and the type species is Caypullisaurus bonapartei. It was a large ichthyosaur, measuring about long. The forelimbs of Caypullisaurus contained 10 digits each.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Platypterygiinae
- Image
- Caypullisaurus Dak1.jpg
- Length
- 5
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- taxon name
- Caypullisaurus
- taxon rank
- genus
- start time
- 145500000-
- end time
- 140200000-
- location of discovery
- Vaca Muerta Formation
- Commons category
- Caypullisaurus
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Article · Italiano
Il caypullisauro (Caypullisaurus bonapartei) è un rettile marino estinto, appartenente agli ittiosauri. Visse tra il Giurassico superiore e il Cretaceo inferiore (Titoniano - Berriasiano, circa 150 - 143 milioni di anni fa) e i suoi resti fossili sono stati ritrovati in Sudamerica.
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