Cartorhynchus was an ichthyosaur, a type of marine reptile. Ichthyosaurs were not dinosaurs, despite living during the same era. Cartorhynchus lived during the Early Triassic, with fossils found in Asia.
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Cartorhynchus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- Z. Y. Sun, A. Tintori, and D. Y. Jiang, R. Motani. 2013. A new perleidid from the Spathian (Olenekian, Early Triassic) of Chaohu, Anhui Province, China. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 119:275-285
