Stereosternum

Stereosternum
Temporal range: Early Permian
Life restoration of Stereosternum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Parareptilia
Order: Mesosauria
Family: Mesosauridae
Genus: Stereosternum
Cope, 1885
Type species
Stereosternum tumidum
Cope, 1885
Synonyms

Mesosaurus tumidum (Cope, 1885)

Stereosternum is a genus of mesosaurid marine reptile from the Early Permian of Brazil. Unlike other mesosaurs, which appear to have been filter feeders, Stereosternum seeming led a lifestyle similar to that of the gharial, capturing fish with its slender snout, filled with sharp teeth. The juveniles also appear to have been less aquatic than the adults.[1]

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References

  1. Signore et al. (2002)

Cope, E.D. 1886. A contribution to the vertebrate paleontology of Brazil. Stereosternum tumidum, gen. et sp. nov. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 23(121):1-21.

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