In Depth Originally assigned as a species of Platypterygius, Kyhytysuka is a genus of ichthyosaur that lived in waters around South America during the Early Cretaceous. Kyhytysuka is loosely described as a hyper carnivore, and this is because of many observations that can be made for the skull and teeth. In Kyhytysuka the teeth are … Read more
In Depth Nannopterygius was first described in 1871 by John Hulke, but as a species of Ichthyosaurus, I. enthekiodon. However, the Ichthyosaurus genus was once treated as a wastebasket taxon, and many former species of Ichthyosaurus have now been re-assigned as distinct genera. This is what happened later in the early twentieth century when another … Read more