Kosmodraco magnicornis Ichthyosaurus was a carnivorous theropod dinosaur

was a carnivorous theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period

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

Width 162 mm

in what is now the southwestern United States

Kosmodraco magnicornis Ichthyosaurus was a carnivorous theropod dinosaurKosmodraco 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