Kyhytysuka
| Kyhytysuka | |
|---|---|
| Skull of K. sachicarum in the Paleontological Museum in Villa de Leyva, Colombia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Node: | †Ophthalmosauria |
| Genus: | †Kyhytysuka Cortés et al., 2021 |
| Type species | |
| Kyhytysuka sachicarum (Páramo, 1997) | |
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Kyhytysuka (Chibcha pronunciation: [kɨhɨtɨˈsuka]) is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurian ichthyosaur from Early Cretaceous Colombia. The animal was previously assigned to the genus Platypterygius, but given its own genus in 2021. Kyhytysuka was a mid-sized ophthalmosaurian with heterodont dentition and several adaptations suggesting that it was a macropredatory vertebrate hunter living in shallow waters. It contains a single species, Kyhytysuka sachicarum.