Teyumbaita
Name:
Teyumbaita
(Lizard parrot).
Phonetic: Tay-um-bay-ta.
Named By: F. C. Montefeltro, M. C. Langer
& C. L. Schultz - 2010.
Synonyms: Scaphonyx sulcognathus.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Rhynchosauria, Hyperodapedontidae, Hyperodapedontinae.
Species: T. sulcognathus
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Brazil - Caturrita Formation.
Time period: Norian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of several
individuals.
Teyumbaita is a genus of rhynchosaur that lived in South America during the late Triassic.
Further reading
- Cranial anatomy of a new genus of hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur
(Diapsida, Archosauromorpha) from the Upper Triassic of southern
Brazil. - Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal
Society of Edinburgh 101:27-52. - F. C. Montefeltro, M.
C. Langer & C. L. Schultz - 2010.
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