Skull of K. sachicarum in the Paleontological Museum in Villa de Leyva, Colombia
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
†Ichthyosauria
Node:
†Ophthalmosauria
Genus:
†Kyhytysuka Cortés et al., 2021
Type species
Kyhytysuka sachicarum
(Páramo, 1997)
Synonyms
Platypterygius sachicarum Páramo, 1997 (type)
Kyhytysuka (IPA:[kɨhɨtɨˈsuka][1]) is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurian ichthyosaur from Early Cretaceous Colombia. The animal was previously assigned to the genus Platypterygius, but given its own genus in 2021. Kyhytysuka was a mid-sized ophthalmosaurian with heterodont dentition and several adaptations suggesting that it was a macropredatory vertebrate hunter living in shallow waters. It contains a single species, Kyhytysuka sachicarum.[2]
^"Phonetic transcription of Kyhytysuka, the first Cretaceous hypercarnivorous ichthyosaur". YouTube.
'^Cortés, D.; Maxwell, E.E.; Larsson, H.C.E. (2021). "Re-appearance of hypercarnivore ichthyosaurs in the Cretaceous with differentiated dentition: revision of Platypterygius' sachicarum (Reptilia:Ichthyosauria, Ophthalmosauridae) from Colombia". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 19 (14): 1–34. doi:10.1080/14772019.2021.1989507. S2CID 244512087.
Kyhytysuka (IPA: [kɨhɨtɨˈsuka]) is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurian ichthyosaur from Early Cretaceous Colombia. The animal was previously assigned...
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Europe An ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur. The type species is Keilhauia nui. Kyhytysuka Cortés et al. 2021 Valid eK South America Leninia Fischer et al. 2014...
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