Eretmorhipis carrolldongi Chen et al., 2015
Systematics: Sauria Ichthyosauromorpha Hupehsuchia Hupehsuchidae
Size: 80 cm long
Type Horizon and Locality: Early Triassic, Jialingjiang Formation, Hubei Province, China
Type Specimen : WGSC 26020, almost complete skeleton missing the skull
Eretmorhipis was an unusual aquatic creature with a tiny head of a platypus, tiny eyes, and large fan-shaped paddles as limbs.
February 5, 2022
References:
Cheng, L., Motani, R., Jiang, D. Y., Yan, C. B., Tintori, A., & Rieppel, O. (2019). Early Triassic marine reptile representing the oldest record of unusually small eyes in reptiles indicating non-visual prey detection. Scientific reports, 9(1), 1-11.
Chen, X. H., Motani, R., Cheng, L., Jiang, D. Y., & Rieppel, O. (2015). A new specimen of Carroll’s mystery hupehsuchian from the Lower Triassic of China. PloS one, 10(5), e0126024.
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