Etjoia

Et-joy-ah.
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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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Name

Etjoia ‭(‬from Mount Etjo‭)‬.

Phonetic

Et-joy-ah.

Named By

C.‭ ‬Hendrickx,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Gaetano,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Choiniere,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Mocke‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬Abdala‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Traversodontidae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

E.‭ ‬dentitransitus‭

Size

Skull‭ ‬88.5‭ ‬millimetres long.

Known locations

Namibia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Omingonde Formation.

Time Period

Mid/Late Triassic.

Fossil representation

Skull and jaw

In Depth

       Etjoia is a genus of traversodontid cynodont that lived in Africa during the Triassic.‭ ‬Like other traversodontids,‭ ‬Etjoia is expected to have been herbivorous.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new traversodontid cynodont with a peculiar postcanine dentition from the Middle/Late Triassic of Namibia and dental evolution in basal gomphodonts.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.‭ ‬18‭ (‬20‭)‬:‭ ‬1669‭–‬1706.‭ ‬-‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Hendrickx,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Gaetano,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Choiniere,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Mocke‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬Abdala‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

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