Siriusgnathus

Name: Siriusgnathus.
Phonetic: Sih-re-us-nay-fus.
Named By: A.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Pavanatto,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Pretto,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Kerber,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬T.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Müller Da-Rosa‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬Dias-da-Silva‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Traversodontidae.
Species: S.‭ ‬niemeyerorum‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Brazil‭ ‬-‭ ‬Candelária Formation.
Time period: Late Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.

       Siriusgnathus is a genus of cynodont that lived in South America during the Late Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new Upper Triassic cynodont-bearing fossiliferous site from southern Brazil,‭ ‬with taphonomic remarks and description of a new traversodontid taxon.‭ ‬Journal of South American Earth Sciences‭ ‬88:179-196.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Pavanatto,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Pretto,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Kerber,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬T.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Müller Da-Rosa‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬Dias-da-Silva‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.

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