#platypterygius

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#Paleostream 10/12/2024

here's today's #Paleostream flocking sketches!!! today we drew Anhanguera, Sordes, Avisaurus, and Mawsonia

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Platypterygius australis

[mesozoicmarket]

A rooted ichthyosaur tooth of a platypterygiine, likely Platypterygius sp. from the Seversk Sandstone in Stary Oskol, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. These Cretaceous species of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs were amongst the last of their kind, with the clade going extinct during an oceanic anoxic event at the end of the Cenomanian.

[dry-gold]

Most interesting extinct australian animal starting with 'P'

Palorchestes

Pelargornis

Phascolonus

Phoeniconotius

Platypterygius

Procoptodon

Voting ended onFeb 2, 2024

Palorchestes, a cenozoic weird-faced marsupial Pelagornis, a cenozoic pseudotoothed birds Phascolonus, a cenozoic giant wombat Phoeniconotius, a cenozoic buff flamingo Platypterygius, a cretaceous icthyosaur Procoptodon, a cenozoic short-faced kangaroo

[miscellaneoustenten]

This idea has been living in my head for months

"Peeerrrryyyy.... Perry the Platypterygius!"

[newlabdakos]

Platypterygius

(temporal range: 113-93.9 mio. years ago)

[text from the Wikipedia article, see also link above]

Platypterygius is a historically paraphyletic genus of platypterygiineichthyosaur from the Cretaceous period. It was historically used as a wastebasket taxon, and most species within Platypterygius likely are undiagnostic at the genus or species level, or represent distinct genera, even being argued as invalid.[1] While fossils referred to Platypterygius have been found throughout different continents, the holotype specimen was found in Germany.

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