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Irajatherium hernandezi

Osteichthyes - Tritheledontidae

Taxonomy
Irajatherium hernandezi was named by Martinelli et al. (2005). Its type specimen is UFRGS-PV 0599T, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 8 km west Candelaria, BR 287, Sesmaria do Pinhal 1, which is in a Norian fluvial sandstone in the Caturrita Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Irajatherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Irajatherium hernandezi Martinelli et al. p. 194
2011Irajatherium hernandezi Oliveira et al. p. 70

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
familyTritheledontidae
genusIrajatherium
specieshernandezi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Irajatherium hernandezi Martinelli et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Irajatherium hernandezi (55446 type locality: 105530)