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hey these guys looks just like mo From The Land Before Time journey to big water Every hunter needs good tools to chase prey through its habitat, and ophthalmosaurus had all the right gear. Huge eyes helped this aquatic reptile see prey clearly in low light, and a streamlined body with a muscular tail made it a fast swimmer. A mouth full of sharp teeth closed the deal on each victim's doom. They Lived in Jurassic Period They Are Found in the Americas and Europe, They Are Born in 1874
Ophthalmosaurus was a medium-sized ichthyosaur, growing to measure 4 m (13 ft) in length and weighing between 930–950 kg (2,050–2,090 lb). It had a robust, streamlined body that was nearly as wide as it was tall in frontal view. Like other derived ichthyosaurs Ophthalmosaurus had a powerful tail ending in a pronounced bi-lobed caudal fluke whose lower half was formed around the caudal spine whereas the upper lobe was made up entirely from soft tissue. The limbs of Ophthalmosaurus were short and rounded with the forelimbs being noticeably larger than the hind limbs. The combination of rather inflexible trunk, powerful caudal fluke and reduced limbs suggests a tail-propelled mode of locomotion with the limbs helping with steering, differing from the anguilliform (eel-like) way more basal ichthyosaurs swam. The skull of Ophthalmosaurus was long with a slender, toothed rostrum and an enlarged posterior portion of the cranium. The dentition was relatively small with robust tooth crowns and the lateral area of the cranium was almost entirely occupied by the animal's massive eyes that gave the genus its name. The proportionally large eyes of Ophthalmosaurus measured 22–23 centimetres (8.7–9.1 in) in diameter at the outer margin of the bony sclerotic ring, while the sclerotic aperture itself measured 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in diameter.
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hey these guys looks just like mo From The Land Before Time journey to big water Every hunter needs good tools to chase prey through its habitat, and ophthalmosaurus had all the right gear. Huge eyes helped this aquatic reptile see prey clearly in low light, and a streamlined body with a muscular tail made it a fast swimmer. A mouth full of sharp teeth closed the deal on each victim's doom. They Lived in Jurassic Period They Are Found in the Americas and Europe, They Are Born in 1874
Ophthalmosaurus was a medium-sized ichthyosaur, growing to measure 4 m (13 ft) in length and weighing between 930–950 kg (2,050–2,090 lb). It had a robust, streamlined body that was nearly as wide as it was tall in frontal view. Like other derived ichthyosaurs Ophthalmosaurus had a powerful tail ending in a pronounced bi-lobed caudal fluke whose lower half was formed around the caudal spine whereas the upper lobe was made up entirely from soft tissue. The limbs of Ophthalmosaurus were short and rounded with the forelimbs being noticeably larger than the hind limbs. The combination of rather inflexible trunk, powerful caudal fluke and reduced limbs suggests a tail-propelled mode of locomotion with the limbs helping with steering, differing from the anguilliform (eel-like) way more basal ichthyosaurs swam. The skull of Ophthalmosaurus was long with a slender, toothed rostrum and an enlarged posterior portion of the cranium. The dentition was relatively small with robust tooth crowns and the lateral area of the cranium was almost entirely occupied by the animal's massive eyes that gave the genus its name. The proportionally large eyes of Ophthalmosaurus measured 22–23 centimetres (8.7–9.1 in) in diameter at the outer margin of the bony sclerotic ring, while the sclerotic aperture itself measured 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in diameter.
ft: @TigersharkNation2691
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