Brasilitherium

Brasilitherium
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Cynodontia
Family: Brasilodontidae
Genus: Brasilitherium
Species: B. riograndensis

Brasilitherium ("Brazilian beast") was a genus of cynodont that lived during the Late Triassic. Its length was approximately 12 cm and it weighed 20 grams. It fed on insects, making it an insectivore. Brasilitherium was found in Paleorrota (Caturrita Formation), a geopark located in Brazil. [1] [2]

References

  1. ^ Brasilodon quadrangularis.
  2. ^ Univerdidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

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External links

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Synapsida · Order: Therapsida · (unranked): Neotherapsida · (unranked): Theriodontia · (unranked): Eutheriodontia
 
Major clades
 
?Aleodon ·  ?Belesodon · Chiniquodon ·  ?Gaumia ·  ?Probelesodon
Dromatheriidae
Deccanodon · Dromatherium · Microconodon · Pseudotriconodon' · Rewaconodon · Tricuspes
Tritheledonta
Brasilitherium · Brasilodon · Minicynodon · Protheriodon
Charruodon · Meurthodon · Riogranda · Therioherpeton
Chaliminia · Diarthrognathus · Elliotherium ·  ?Eoraetia · Irajatherium · Mitredon · Pachygenelus · Pattsia
 
Related categories
Cynodonts