Karamuru
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| Karamuru Fossil range: Middle Triassic |
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 Girl looking at Karamuru vorax.
Source: Paleorrota |
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Karamuru is a genus of prestosuchid archosaur from the Middle Triassic-age Santa Maria Formation of Brazil. It was found in the geopark of paleorrota. It is based on remains that had been assigned to Prestosuchus chininiquensis, including a nearly complete skull. There is some uncertainty about the publication date and authors; as noted by Langer et al. (2007), Kischlat (2000) records it as having been published by Kischlat and Barberena, with no year given.[2]
Karamuru would have been a carnivorous animal, perhaps 7 meters long (23 ft) and weighing 700 kilograms (1500 lb).[3]
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- ^ a b per Langer et al., 2007
- ^ Langer, Max C.; Ribeiro, Ana M.; Schultz, Cesar L.; and Ferigolo, Jorge (2007). "The continental tetrapod-bearing Triassic of south Brazil", in Lucas, S.G.; and Spielmann, J.A. (eds.): The Global Triassic (pdf), New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 41, Albuqueque, New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 201-218.
- ^ Karamuru vorax (Portuguese). O Rio Grande do Sol no tempo dos dinossaros. UFRGS. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
