Irajatherium is an extinct genus of cynodonts, known only of the type species Irajatherium hernandezi.[2] It is named in honor of Irajá Damiani Pinto.
Irajatherium Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Humeral osteohistology of I. hernandezi[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Tritheledontidae |
Genus: | †Irajatherium Bonaparte 2005 |
Type species | |
Irajatherium hernandezi Bonaparte 2005
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Irajatherium hernandezi is a species known only by a humerus, a femur, two jaws and an upper arch incomplete, has the upper canine teeth after pills across and the post-mandibular canines with a more developed central cusp, followed by three smaller ones. It was collected in the Candelária Formation in the municipality of Faxinal do Soturno in the Paraná Basin of southeastern Brazil.[3]