Osteichthyes - Sauropsida - Mesosauridae
Full reference: T. Shikama and H. Ozaki. 1966. On a Reptilian Skeleton from the Palaeozoic Formation of San Paulo, Brazil. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series 64:351-358
Belongs to Brazilosaurus according to T. Rossmann 2002
See also Karl et al. 2007, Oelofsen and Araujo 1987, Rossmann 2000, Rossmann and Maisch 1999, Sedor and Ferigolo 2001 and Shikama and Ozaki 1966
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: a specimen in the National Science Museum, Tokyo, a skeleton. Its type locality is Hanayama Farm, Tatuí, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Irati Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Brazil (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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