Lanceirosphenodon ferigoloi de Vivar et al. 2020 (lepidosaur)

Reptilia - Eosuchia

Full reference: P. R. R. de Vivar, A. G. Martinelli, A. S. Hsiou and M. B. Soares. 2020. A new rhynchocephalian from the Late Triassic of Southern Brazil enhances eusphenodontian diversity. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Belongs to Lanceirosphenodon according to P. R. R. de Vivar et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CAPPA/UFSM 0226, a mandible (left dentary missing the posterior part, with an almost complete dentition). 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: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Faxinal do Soturno, Linha São Luiz

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