Name:
Acuetzpalin
(water lizard).
Phonetic: Ah-cu-ets-pah-lin.
Named By: J. I. Barrientos-Lara, J.
Alvarado-Ortega & M. S. Fernandez - 2020.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Ichthyosauria, Ophthalmosauridae, Platypterygiinae.
Species: A. carranzai
(type).
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: Mexico - La Casita Formation.
Time period: Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and post
cranial skeleton.
Acuetzpalin
is a genus of ichthyosaur
that lived in waters around what is now
central America during the late Jurassic.
Further reading
- Acuetzpalin carranzai gen et sp. nov. A new
ophthalmosauridae
(Ichthyosauria) from the Upper Jurassic of Durango, North Mexico.
- Journal of South American Earth Sciences. - J. I.
Barrientos-Lara, J. Alvarado-Ortega & M. S.
Fernandez - 2020.
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