Riograndia
Name:
Riograndia.
Phonetic: Re-o-gran-de-ah.
Named By: J. F. Bonaparte, J. Ferigolo
& A. M. Ribeiro - 2001.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Cynodontia, Tritheledontidae.
Species: R. guaibensis
(type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Brazil - Caturrita Formation.
Time period: Norian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Based upon a partial skull,
remains of several individuals are now known.
Riograndia is a genus of cynodont that lived in Brazil during the Triassic.
Further reading
- A primitive Late Triassic 'ictidosaur' from Rio Grande do Sul,
Brazil. - Palaeontology 44(4):623-635. - J. F.
Bonaparte, J. Ferigolo & A. M. Ribeiro - 2001.
- New information on Riograndia guaibensis Bonaparte, Ferigolo
& Ribeiro, 2001 (Eucynodontia, Tritheledontidae) from the Late
Triassic of southern Brazil: anatomical and biostratigraphic
implications. - Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 83 (1):
329–354. - M. B. Soares, C. L. Schultz & B. L. D. Horn - 2011.
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