Teyujagua

Name: Teyujagua ‭(‬named after Teyú Yaguá from Guarani myth‭)‬.
Phonetic: Tey-u-yag-u-ah.
Named By: Felipe L.‭ ‬Pinheiro,‭ ‬Marco A.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬França,‭ ‬Marcel B.‭ ‬Lacerda,‭ ‬Richard J.‭ ‬Butler‭ & ‬Cesar L.‭ ‬Schultz‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Archosauromorpha.
Species: T.‭ ‬paradoxa‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Holotype skull roughly about‭ ‬15‭ ‬centimetres long.
Known locations: Brazil.
Time period: Triassic.
Fossil representation: Almost complete skull and lower jaw.

       Teyujagua is a genus of archosauromorph reptile that lived in Brazil during the Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬An exceptional fossil skull from South America and the origins of the archosauriform radiation.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Scientific Reports.‭ ‬6.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Felipe L.‭ ‬Pinheiro,‭ ‬Marco A.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬França,‭ ‬Marcel B.‭ ‬Lacerda,‭ ‬Richard J.‭ ‬Butler‭ & ‬Cesar L.‭ ‬Schultz‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.



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