combined with its massive and tall skull

Este animal pertenecía al grupo de los terápsidos basales

Longitud 89 mm

bone tissue studies indicate relatively rapid growth rates and a complex ontogenetic pattern

The skull of the Yi qui was small and elongated

Cartorhynchus lenticarpus Variant:Primed combined with its massive andCartorhynchus 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