Teyujagua
Name: Teyujagua
(named after Tey� Yagu� from Guarani myth).
Phonetic: Tey-u-yag-u-ah.
Named By: Felipe L. Pinheiro, Marco A. G.
Fran�a, Marcel B. Lacerda, Richard J. Butler & Cesar
L. Schultz - 2016.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Archosauromorpha.
Species: T. paradoxa (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Holotype skull roughly about 15
centimetres long.
Known locations: Brazil.
Time period: Triassic.
Fossil representation: Almost complete skull and
lower jaw.
Teyujagua is a genus of archosauromorph reptile that lived in Brazil during the Triassic.
Further reading
- An exceptional fossil skull from South America and the origins of
the archosauriform radiation. - Scientific Reports. 6. -
Felipe L. Pinheiro, Marco A. G. Fran�a, Marcel B.
Lacerda, Richard J. Butler & Cesar L. Schultz -
2016.
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