Contectopalatus
Contectopalatus was a marine reptile that lived in the ocean during the Triassic Period. It had a very tall crest on its head made of bone, which helped it bite hard. It was one of the biggest ichthyosaurs of its time.2
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Contectopalatus had a very high crest on its skull made from the nasal, frontal and parietal bones. This crest grew taller as the animal got older.2
Its jaw muscles were arranged in a unique way. They stretched all the way up to the nostril opening on top of the skull.2
This special muscle arrangement gave Contectopalatus a very strong bite. It was one of the top predators in the Triassic seas.2
Contectopalatus was about 5 metres long. That makes it the largest known mixosaurid ichthyosaur.2
Mixosaurids like Contectopalatus were once thought to be small and simple. But they were actually highly specialized and diverse.2

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?How big was Contectopalatus?
It was about 5 metres (16 feet) long, making it the largest known mixosaurid ichthyosaur.23
?What did Contectopalatus eat?
It was a top predator that ate fish and other marine animals. Its strong bite and special teeth helped it catch and eat its prey.2
?Is Contectopalatus a dinosaur?
No, it was an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile that lived in the ocean. It is not a dinosaur.2
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- Izina rya siyansi
- Contectopalatus
- Yiswe na
- Maisch and Matzke 19984
- Itsinda
- Iktiyozore
- Umuryango / ishami
- Mixosauridae4
- Ishyirwa mu byiciro
- Ichthyosauria > Ichthyosauromorpha4
- Imyaka y'amabuye
- imyaka miliyoni 247 kugeza 237 ()4
- Inzego z'amabuye
- Monte San Giorgio bituminous shales4
- Ibihugu
- Ubusuwisi4
- Ibisigazwa byanditswe
- 1 muri The Paleobiology Database4
- Ivumburwa
- The first fossils were described by Quenstedt in 1851 to 52 as Ichthyosaurus atavus. In 1998, Maisch and Matzke renamed it Contectopalatus after studying its skull.1
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- Scientists are still debating exactly how the tall crest and jaw muscles worked together to give Contectopalatus such a powerful bite.2
Aho amakuru yakuwe
- Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part III: A crested predatory mixosaurid from the Middle Triassic of the Germanic Basin - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 209 Heft 1, Schweizerbart science publishers (schweizerbart.de)
- The mixosaurid ichthyosaur Contectopalatus from the Middle Triassic of the German Basin (scup.com)
- Phalarodon (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
- Contectopalatus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): imyaka, ahantu, inzego z'amabuye, ishyirwa mu byiciro.
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