Botucaraitherium
Botucaraitherium is an extinct genus of prozostrodontian cynodonts from the Late Carnian Riograndia Assemblage Zone in the Candelária Formation of the Paraná Basin in southeastern Brazil. It is known from a single type species, Botucaraitherium belarminoi. The genus name is derived from the Botucaraí Hill, which dominates the landscape of Candelária, Rio Grande do Sul.[1] The species epithet honors Belarmino Stefanello, a volunteer at the Museu Municipal Aristides Carlos Rodrigues, who found the fossil.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | Mammaliamorpha |
| Genus: | †Botucaraitherium Soare set al. 2014 |
| Type species | |
| †Botucaraitherium belarminoi Soares et al. 2014 | |
References
- Soares et al., 2014, p.1677
- Soares et al., 2014, p.1678
Bibliography
- Soares, Marina B.; Agustín G. Martinelli, and Téo V. De Oliveira. 2014. A new prozostrodontian cynodont (Therapsida) from the Late Triassic Riograndia Assemblage Zone (Santa Maria Supersequence) of Southern Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 86. 1673–1691. Accessed 2019-03-26.
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