Eretmorhipis
Sign in to saveEretmorhipis (meaning "oar fan" from the Greek wikt:ἐρετμόν|, "oar", and wikt:ῥιπίς|, "fan") is an extinct genus of hupehsuchian marine reptiles from the Early Triassic of China. It is currently known from two specimens that were discovered in an exposure of the Jialingjiang Formation in Yuan'an County, Hubei, and referred to the newly named species Eretmorhipis carrolldongi in 2015.
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Eretmorhipis (meaning "oar fan" from the Greek wikt:ἐρετμόν|, "oar", and wikt:ῥιπίς|, "fan") is an extinct genus of hupehsuchian marine reptiles from the Early Triassic of China. It is currently known from two specimens that were discovered in an exposure of the Jialingjiang Formation in Yuan'an County, Hubei, and referred to the newly named species Eretmorhipis carrolldongi in 2015.
Eretmorhipis carrolldongi is noted for its exceptionally small eyes relative to the body, platypus-like snout, and plates on its back "like a stegosaurus."
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