Therioherpeton cargnini Bonaparte and Barberena 1975 (cynodont)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida

Belongs to Therioherpeton according to J. F. Bonaparte and M. C. Barberena 2001

See also Oliveira 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MVP 05.22.04, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Therioherpeton site, Faixa Nova, which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial mudstone in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Therioherpeton site, Faixa Nova

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