Botucaraitherium
Name:
Botucaraitherium.
Phonetic: Bo-tuc-ah-ray-fe-re-um.
Named By: M. B. Soares, A. G. Martinelli
& T. V. Oliveira - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Cynodontia, Prozostrodontia.
Species: B. belarminoi
(type).
Diet: Herbivore?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Brazil - Caturrita Formation.
Time period: Norian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.
Botucaraitherium is a genus of cynodont that lived in South America during the late Triassic.
Further reading
- A new prozostrodontian cynodont (Therapsida) from the Late
Triassic Riograndia Assemblage Zone (Santa Maria Supersequence) of
Southern Brazil. - Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
86(4):1673-1691. - M. B. Soares, A. G. Martinelli
& T. V. Oliveira - 2014.
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