Marine reptile
Mixosaurus
Mixosaurus was an early ichthyosaur with a body plan less streamlined than the familiar later dolphin-like forms.
Mixosaurus was an early ichthyosaur with a body plan less streamlined than the familiar later dolphin-like forms. Its tail and limb proportions help convey that early evolutionary setting.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Mixosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Fish-eating
- Its feeding anatomy is associated with taking fish and other aquatic prey.
- When it lived
- Middle Triassic
- Group
- Mixosauridae
- Mixosauridae
Beyond the game
The real Mixosaurus
Mixosaurus was an early ichthyosaur with a body plan less streamlined than the familiar later dolphin-like forms. Its tail and limb proportions help convey that early evolutionary setting.
Its tail and limb proportions record an earlier ichthyosaur construction than the strongly streamlined forms that evolved later. The skeleton provides the basis for that comparison.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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Original English Dinosgacha summaries informed by the linked scientific and museum references; source publications retain their own rights.