Irajatherium
Name:
Irajatherium
(Irajá Damiani Pinto’s beast).
Phonetic: E-rah-jah-fe-re-um.
Named By: A. G. Martinelli, J. F.
Bonaparte, C. L. Schultz & R. Rubert - 2005.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Cynodontia, Trithelodontidae.
Species: I. hernandezi
(type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: Brazil - Caturrita Formation.
Time period: Late Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains including two
jaw bones, humerus, femur and teeth.
Irajatherium is a genus of cynodont that lived in South America during the Triassic.
Further reading
- A new tritheledontid (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Late
Triassic of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and its phylogenetic
relationships among carnivorous non-mammalian eucynodonts. -
Ameghiniana 42(1):191-208. - A. G. Martinelli, J.
F. Bonaparte, C. L. Schultz & R. Rubert -
2005.
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