Clevosaurus brasiliensis Bonaparte and Sues 2006 (lepidosaur)

Reptilia - Eosuchia - Clevosauridae

Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte and H.-D. Sues. 2006. A new species of Clevosaurus (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from the Upper Triassic of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Palaeontology 49:917-923

Belongs to Clevosaurus according to S. A. V. Chambi-Trowell et al. 2021

See also Bonaparte and Sues 2006 and Hsiou et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Clevosaurus bairdi, Clevosaurus cambrica, Clevosaurus convallis, Clevosaurus hadroprodon, Clevosaurus hudsoni, Clevosaurus mcgilli, Clevosaurus minor, Clevosaurus sectumsemper, Clevosaurus wangi, Dianosaurus petilus

Type specimen: PV0748T, a skull (Complete skull). Its type locality is Faxinal do Soturno, Linha São Luiz, which is in a Norian fluvial siltstone/sandstone in the Caturrita Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Brazil (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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