Irajatherium Explained

Irajatherium is an extinct genus of cynodonts, known only of the type species Irajatherium hernandezi.[1] It is named in honor of Irajá Damiani Pinto.

Species

Irajatherium hernandezi is a species known only by a humerus, a femur, two jaws and an upper arch incomplete, has the upper canine teeth after pills across and the post-mandibular canines with a more developed central cusp, followed by three smaller ones. It was collected in the Candelária Formation in the municipality of Faxinal do Soturno in the Paraná Basin of southeastern Brazil.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Martinelli et al., 2005
  2. http://cienciahoje.uol.com.br/colunas/cacadores-de-fosseis/rio-grande-do-sul-berco-dos-mamiferos Revista Ciência Hoje