Brasilitherium
Name:
Brasilitherium
(Brazil beast).
Phonetic: Brah-sil-e-fe-re-um.
Named By: J. F. Bonaparte, A. G.
Martinelli, C. L. Schultz & R. Rubert - 2003.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Cynodontia, Brasilodontidae.
Species: B. riograndensis
(type).
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: About 12 centimetres long.
Known locations: Brazil - Caturrita Formation.
Time period: Norian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Brasilitherium is a genus of small insectivorous cynodont that lived in Brazil during the late Triassic. Brasilitherium was named alongside another similar cynodont called Brasilodon.
Further reading
- The sister group of mammals: small cynodonts from the Late
Triassic of southern Brazil. - Revista Brasileira de Paleontolog�a
5:5-27. - J. F. Bonaparte, A. G. Martinelli, C. L.
Schultz & R. Rubert - 2003.
- Nasal Anatomy of the Non-mammaliaform Cynodont Brasilitherium
riograndensis (Eucynodontia, Therapsida) Reveals New
Insight into
Mammalian Evolution - The Anatomical Record, Volume 297,
Issue 11, pp 2018–2030. - Irina Ruf, Wolfgang Maier,
Pablo G. Rodrigues & Cesar l. Schultz - 2014.
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