Siriusgnathus

Siriusgnathus Temporal range: Carnian ~232–222 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Family:	†Traversodontidae
Subfamily:	†Gomphodontosuchinae
Genus:	†Siriusgnathus Pavanatto et al. 2018
Species:	†S. niemeyerorum
Binomial name
†Siriusgnathus niemeyerorum Pavanatto et al. 2018

Siriusgnathus is a traversodontid cynodont from the Carnian channel sandstones and mudstones of the Candelária Formation, belonging to the Santa Maria Supersequence of the Paraná Basin in southeastern Brazil.[1] It includes one species, Siriusgnathus niemeyerorum and was described in 2018.[2] The species epithet refers to the Niemeyer locality in Agudo, Rio Grande do Sul. It was found together with various archosauromorphs, dinosauromorphs and other cynodonts, such as Brasilitherium riograndensis, Brasilodon quadrangularis, Irajatherium hernandezi and Prozostrodon brasiliensis.[3][4]

See also

• 2018 in paleontology

References

1. Siriusgnathus niemeyerorum at Fossilworks.org
2. Pavanetto et al., 2018
3. Niemeyer, Agudo at Fossilworks.org
4. Botha-Brink, 2018, p.7

Bibliography

• Botha-Brink, Jennifer; Bento Soares, Marina; Martinelli, Agustín G. (2018), "Osteohistology of Late Triassic prozostrodontian cynodonts from Brazil" (PDF), PeerJ, 5029: 1–26, retrieved 2019-03-25
• Pavanatto, A.E.B.; Pretto, F.A.; Kerber, L.; Müller Da Rosa, R.T.A.S.; Dias da Silva, S. (2018), "A new Upper Triassic cynodont-bearing fossiliferous site from southern Brazil, with taphonomic remarks and description of a new traversodontid taxon", Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 88: 179–196, Bibcode:2018JSAES..88..179P, doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2018.08.016