Sangaia lavinai Dias-da-Silva et al. 2006 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhytidosteidae

Alternative combination: Cabralia lavinai

Full reference: S. Dias-da-Silva, C. Marsicano, and C. L. Schultz. 2006. Rhytidosteid temnospondyls in Gondwana: a new taxon from the Lower Triassic of Brazil. Palaeontology 49:381-390

Belongs to Sangaia according to S. Dias-da-Silva and C. Marsicano 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: U 4302, a partial skull. Its type locality is Cachoeira do Sul, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Sanga do Cabral Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cachoeira do Sul

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