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Catutosaurus gaspariniae
Taxonomy
Catutosaurus gaspariniae was named by Fernández et al. (2021). Its type specimen is MOZ-PV-1854, a partial skeleton (A partially articulated skull, mandible and postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Ministerio Quarry, Los Catutos, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Catutosaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2021 | Catutosaurus gaspariniae Fernández et al. p. 2 figs. Figs. 2-4 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Catutosaurus gaspariniae Fernández et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. S. Fernández et al. 2021 | Ichthyosaur differing from all other ophthalmo- saurids by the following combination of characters: nasal with a pronounced sharp ‘spur-like’ descending projection on dorsal border of external nares, almost contacting narial process of the maxilla; processus supranarialis of premaxilla extremely reduced or absent; processus subnarialis well-developed and forming ventral edge of anterior narial lobule; no premaxilla- lacrimal contact ventral to external nares; pronounced depression on dorsal surface of the nasals; reduced postorbital region; tooth crowns sharply pointed, with subtle longitudinal striations; humerus bearing four distal facets for articulation with a preradial accessory element, radius, ulna, and a post-axial extra element; hexagonal intermedium articulating distally with two distal carpals; tightly packed carpals, metacar- pals, and proximal phalanges.
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