Cartorhynchus lenticarpus Variant:Hand-painted which gave it greater propulsion

which gave it greater propulsion capacity in the water

Although the function of this structure is subject to debate

although much larger

The structure of its lower jaw indicates that Purussaurus had considerable control over the opening and closing of its mouth

Cartorhynchus lenticarpus Variant:Hand-painted which gave it greater propulsionCartorhynchus 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