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.
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Vinony's link graph records 128 inbound references to Caypullisaurus, and connects out to Ichthyopterygia, Platypterygius and Ophthalmosauridae.
It sits within the topics Berriasian life, Cretaceous Argentina and Early Cretaceous ichthyosaurs.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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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