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Acuetzpalin carranzai, a new ichthyosaur from Mexico

Started by Halichoeres, January 21, 2020, 11:35:07 PM

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January 21, 2020, 11:35:07 PM Last Edit: January 23, 2020, 11:29:11 PM by Halichoeres
From the Upper Jurassic of Durango, Mexico, here's Acuetzpalin carranzai, an ophthalmosaurid. The authors describe the anatomy, reconstruct the skull, and conduct a phylogenetic analysis that finds it closely related to Platypterygius, Maiaspondylus, Sisteronia, and Plutoniosaurus.

The skull was somewhat crushed, but they reconstruct it like so:


Paper by JI Barrientos Lara & J Alvarado Ortega (paywall): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895981119304444
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