Biology:Irajatherium

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Short description: Extinct genus of cynodonts


Irajatherium
Temporal range: Late Triassic
~221.5–205.6 Ma
Humeral osteohistology of Irajatherium hernandezi.png
Humeral osteohistology of I. hernandezi[1]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Tritheledontidae
Genus: Irajatherium
Bonaparte 2005
Type species
Irajatherium hernandezi
Bonaparte 2005
Species
  • I. hernandezi Bonaparte 2005

Irajatherium is an extinct genus of cynodonts, known only of the type species Irajatherium hernandezi.[2] 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 .[3]

References

  1. Botha-Brink, 2018, p.11
  2. Martinelli et al., 2005
  3. Revista Ciência Hoje

Bibliography

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3285531 entry