Australobarbarus

Oss-tra-loe-bar-bah-russ.
By Benjamin Gutierrez
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Gutierrez, B. (2012, July 3). Australobarbarus. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/australobarbarus/

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Name

Australobarbarus ‭(‬Southern foreigner‭)‬.

Phonetic

Oss-tra-loe-bar-bah-russ.

Named By

A.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Kurkin‭ ‬-‭ ‬2000.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Dicynodontia,‭ ‬Oudenodontidae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

A.‭ ‬kotelnitshi‭

Size

Skull‭ ‬15-20‭ ‬Centimetres long.‭ ‬Total length roughly about‭ ‬65‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

Russia.

Time Period

Late Permian.

Fossil representation

Almost complete skeletons.

In Depth

       Australobarbarus is a genus of dicynodont therapsid that lived in Russia during the Late Permian.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬New dicynodonts from the Upper Permian of the Vyatka Basin.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Paleontological Journal‭ ‬34‭(‬2‭)‬:S203-S210.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Kurkin‭ ‬-‭ ‬2000.

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