Kosmodraco magnicornis Ichthyosaurus Width 162 mm

Width 162 mm

creating a mosaic of habitats that supported a diverse fauna of mammals

One of its most distinctive features is the presence of a relatively numerous dentition for a ziphiid

in what is now the southwestern United States

Kosmodraco magnicornis Ichthyosaurus Width 162 mmKosmodraco magnicornis is a choristoderan reptile from the Paleocene of North America, described in 2022 from fossils found in the Polecat Bench Formation of Wyoming. It is a large animal within its group, with a skull reaching 43 centimeters in length and an estimated body length of between 3 and 5 meters . Its snout was short and wide, with the back of the skull greatly expanded and ornamented by large bony spines on the squamosal bones, giving rise