Irajatherium

Irajatherium
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Cynodontia
Infraorder: Eucynodontia
Family: Trithelodontidae
Genus: Irajatherium
Species
  • Irajatherium hernandezi

Irajatherium is a genus known only by the species Irajatherium hernadezi. (Martinelli, 2005).[1] It is named in honor of Irajá Damiani Pinto.

Species

Irajatherium hernadezi is a species known only by a humerus, a femur, two jaws and an upper arch incomplete, has the upper canine teeth after pills across and the post-mandibular canines with a more developed central cusp, followed by three smaller ones. It was collected in the municipality of Faxinal do Soturno in Paleorrota, Brazil.[2]

References

  1. Martinelli, A.G., Bonaparte, J.F., Schultz, C.L. and Rubert, R. (2005). "A new tritheledontid (Therapsid, Eucynodontia) from the Late Triassic Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and its phylogenetic relationships among carnivorous non-mammalian eucynodonts". Ameghiniana 42 (1): 191–208.
  2. Revista Ciência Hoje

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