Siriusgnathus

Siriusgnathus
Temporal range: Carnian
~232–222 Ma
Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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