Stenopterygius Cup

Stenopterygius
Cup

Caffè-Tè Cup (ceramic). The cup is illustrated twice – on front and back – with the same fossil animal and related scientifc information. That is why the cups are equally suitable for right-handers and left-handers! Moreover, they are educational and pedagogically applicable.

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SKU: 901004-2

 

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Height: 10 cm
Diameter: 8.5 cm
Capacity: 300 ml
Weight: 335 g

 

PALAEOLOVE artwork and art wares are recognizable due to their scientifically accurate visualisation that is accompanied by sound, science-based information. Our products are designed in Switzerland and analogously & digitally handmade in Switzerland and other European countries under the guidance of experts, true to the motto: «Science meets Design»!

The abbreviation «MIO» (= million, after the German national standard DIN 5008) – occasionally found on our goods and product pages to indicate the geological age of fossil taxa – is equivalent to «MYA» (= million years ago).

 

Depicted Animal

Stenopterygius quadriscissus  (QUENSTEDT, 1856)
3.5 M    182 MYA   

Systematics: Stenopterygiidae, Ichthyosauria, Diapsida, Reptilia
Habitat: marine; pelagic

A European ichthyosaur well known from the Early Jurassic «Posidonienschiefer» (Lias Epsilon, Lower Toarcian) of Germany. The species is famous for its numerous articulated skeletons of pregnant females, each unearthed together with one to more than 10 embryos. From individuals with preserved body shapes («Hautschatten») we know that Stenopterygius had a dolphin-like body outline with dorsal fin and sickle-shaped propulsive tail fin.

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