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Agudotherium

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Agudotherium
Temporal range: Norian
~222–208 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: Prozostrodontia
Genus: Agudotherium
Stefanello et al., 2020
Species:
A. gassenae
Binomial name
Agudotherium gassenae
Stefanello et al., 2020

Agudotherium is an extinct genus of probainognathian cynodonts from the Late Triassic Candelária Formation of the Paraná Basin in southern Brazil. The genus contains one species, Agudotherium gassenae. A. gassenae is known from three specimens, all consisting of partial lower jaws.[1][2]

Etymology

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The generic name Agudotherium comes from the municipality of Agudo, Rio Grande do Sul, where the fossils were discovered, and the Greek word thērion (θηρίον), meaning "beast".[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kerber, L.; Pretto, F. A.; Müller, R. T. (2023). "New information on the mandibular anatomy of Agudotherium gassenae, a Late Triassic non-mammaliaform probainognathian from Brazil". The Anatomical Record. 307 (4): 1515–1523. doi:10.1002/ar.25317. PMID 37767852.
  2. ^ a b Stefanello, M.; Kerber, L.; Martinelli, A. G.; Dias-Da-Silva, S. (2020). "A New Prozostrodontian Cynodont (Eucynodontia, Probainognathia) from the Upper Triassic of Southern Brazil". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (3): e1782415. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1782415.