Santagnathus Schmitt et al. 2024 (cynodont)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Traversodontidae

Full reference: M. R. Schmitt, A. G. Martinelli, J. F. L. Kaiuca, C. L. Schultz, and M. B. Soares. 2024. Old fossil findings in the Upper Triassic rocks of southern Brazil improve diversity of traversodontid cynodonts ( Therapsida , Cynodontia ). The Anatomical Record 307(4):1474-1514

Parent taxon: Gomphodontosuchinae according to M. R. Schmitt et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Gomphodontosuchus, Megagomphodon

Subtaxa: Santagnathus mariensis

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Type: Santagnathus mariensis

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Arroio Cancela (Triassic of Brazil)

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