Eomurruna
Name: Eomurruna
(dawn murruna).
Phonetic: E-oh-muh-ru-nah.
Named By: Tim Hamley, Juan Cisneros &
Ross Damiani - 2020.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Parareptilia, Procolophonomorpha, Procolophonidae, Theledectinae.
Species: E. yurrgensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore?/Omnivore?
Size: Holotype estimated to be about 17.5
centimetres long.
Known locations: Australia, Queensland -
Arcadia Formation.
Time period: Induan–Olenekian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Almost complete skeleton
still articulated.
Eomurruna
is a genus of procolophonid parareptile that lived in Australia during
the late Triassic. The tooth pattern of Eomurruna
shows no collision
of the teeth, which is a trait seen in other procolophonids that are
thought to have been herbivorous. Even as a plant eater however,
there is still a possibility that Eomurruna may
have also taken
occasional insects as food.
Further reading
- A procolophonid reptile
from the Lower Triassic of Australia. - Zoological Journal of the
Linnean Society. - Tim Hamley, Juan Cisneros & Ross
Damiani - 2020.
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