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Teyumbaita sulcognathus
Taxonomy
Scaphonyx sulcognathus was named by Azevedo and Schultz (1987). Its type specimen is UFRGS-PV-0232T, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Linha Facão (upper, approx. 14 m), Candelaria, which is in a Norian terrestrial mudstone in the Caturrita Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Teyumbaita.
It was recombined as Teyumbaita sulcognathus by Montefeltro et al. (2010).
It was recombined as Teyumbaita sulcognathus by Montefeltro et al. (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Scaphonyx sulcognathus Azevedo and Schultz |
| 2010 | Teyumbaita sulcognathus Montefeltro et al. p. 30 |
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†Teyumbaita sulcognathus Azevedo and Schultz 1987
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. C. Montefeltro et al. 2010 | Rhynchosaur with anterior margin of nasal concave at midline, prefrontal separated from the ascending process of the maxilla, palatal ramus of pterygoid expanded laterally within palatines, dorsal surface of exoccipital markedly depressed, and a single tooth lingually displaced from the main medial tooth-bearing area of the maxilla. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||