Brasinorhynchus

Name: Brasinorhynchus.
Phonetic: Bra-sin-r-rin-kus.
Named By: C.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Schultz,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Langer‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Montefeltro‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Rhynchosauria,‭ ‬Rhynchosauridae,‭ ‬Stenaulorhynchinae.
Species: B.‭ ‬mariantensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Brazil‭ ‬-‭ ‬Santa Maria Formation.
Time period: Ladinian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and post cranial skeleton.

       Brasinorhynchus is a genus of rhynocosaur that lived in South America during the Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new rhynchosaur from south Brazil‭ (‬Santa Maria Formation‭) ‬and rhynchosaur diversity patterns across the Middle-Late Triassic boundary.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Palaeontologische Zeitschrift‭ ‬90:593-609.‭ ‬-‭ ‬C.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Schultz,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Langer‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Montefeltro‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.

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