Toretocnemus
Toretocnemus was a small, fast-swimming marine reptile that lived in the Late Triassic oceans. It had a long snout, big eyes, and flippers like a dolphin, and it hunted fish and other sea creatures.1
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Mfundo zosangalatsa
Toretocnemus means 'perforated tibia' because its shin bone had a hole in it.1
It was first described in 1903 by paleontologist John Campbell Merriam from fossils found in California.13
Two species are known: T. californicus and T. zitteli, named after the German paleontologist Karl Alfred von Zittel.1
Toretocnemus was a small ichthyosaur, probably no longer than 2 meters (6.6 feet), and some were only about 1 meter (3.3 feet) long.1
Its fossils have been found in the Hosselkus Limestone in California and the Antimonio Formation in Mexico.13
The first fossils were collected by Annie Montague Alexander along the Pit River in Shasta County, California.1
Toretocnemus had three fingers on each flipper, which is unusual for ichthyosaurs.2

Kwa akatswiri a madino
- Dzina la sayansi
- Toretocnemus
- Anapatsidwa dzina ndi
- Merriam 19033
- Gulu
- Maikitiosauri
- Banja / kladi
- Toretocnemidae3
- Magawidwe a sayansi
- Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha3
- Zaka za miyala
- zaka 237 mpaka 227 miliyoni (Carnian)3
- Mapangidwe a miyala
- Antimonio, Hosselkus3
- Mayiko
- Mekisiko, Amereka3
- Zolemba za mafosili
- 4 mu The Paleobiology Database3
- Amadziwikanso kuti
- Leptocheirus, Merriamia, Rhachitrema (mayina akale tsopano amawerengedwa ngati nyama yomweyi)3
- Kupezeka
- John Campbell Merriam named Toretocnemus in 1903 from fossils found in the Hosselkus Limestone of Shasta County, California, collected by Annie Montague Alexander.13
- Akukambiranabe
- Scientists are not sure if Toretocnemus was a strong open-ocean swimmer or stayed near coasts, because its fossils are only found in a small area.1
Kumene mfundo zimachokera
- Toretocnemus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Toretocnemus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): zaka, malo, mapangidwe a miyala, magawidwe a sayansi.
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