Rastodon procurvidens Boos et al. 2016 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia

Full reference: A. D. S. Boos, C. F. Kammerer, C. L. Schultz, M. B. Soares, and A. L. R. Ilha. 2016. A New Dicynodont (Therapsida: Anomodontia) from the Permian of Southern Brazil and Its Implications for Bidentalian Origins. PLoS ONE 11(5):e0155000

Belongs to Rastodon according to A. D. S. Boos et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UNIPAMPA PV317P, a partial skeleton (almost complete skull with attached lower jaws and unprepared postcranium). Its type locality is Boqueirão farm, Catuçaba, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian terrestrial sandstone in the Rio do Rasto Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Boqueirão farm, Catuçaba

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