Brazilosaurus
Name:
Brazilosaurus
(Brazil lizard).
Phonetic: Bra-zil-o-sore-us.
Named By: Shikama & Ozaki - 1966.
Classification: Chordata, Parareptilia,
Mesosauria, Mesosauridae.
Species: B. sanpauloensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Roughly about 42-45 centimetres long for
the holotype.
Known locations: Brazil - Irati Formation.
Time period: Artinskian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: At least one individual known
by reasonably good remains.
Brazilosaurus is a relative of the better known Mesosaurus, and like Mesosaurus, Brazilosaurus was a semi-aquatic reptile that hunted for fish and other small aquatic animals in the water.
Further reading
- On a Reptilian Skeleton from the Palaeozoic Formation of San
Paulo, Brazil. - Transactions and Proceedings of the
Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series 64: 351–358. -
T. Shikama and H. Ozaki - 1966.
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