Tessellatia bonapartei Gaetano et al. 2022 (cynodont)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida

Full reference: L. C. Gaetano, F. Abdala, F. D. Seoane, A. Tartaglione, M. Schulz, A. Otero, J. M. Leardi, C. Apaldetti, V. Krapovickas and E. Steimbach. 2022. A new cynodont from the Upper Triassic Los Colorados Formation (Argentina, South America) reveals a novel paleobiogeoraphic context for mammalian ancestors. Scientific Reports 12(6451)

Belongs to Tessellatia according to L. C. Gaetano et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PULR-V121, a partial skull (partial cranium, represented by the snout and orbital region, with associated lower jaws.). Its type locality is La Esquina cynodont, which is in a Norian floodplain mudstone in the Los Colorados Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at La Esquina cynodont

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