Karamuru
| Karamuru Temporal range: Middle Triassic
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| Girl looking at Karamuru vorax. Source: Paleorrota | |
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| Genus: | Karamuru Kischlat, 2000[1]
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Karamuru is a genus of prestosuchid archosaur from the Middle Triassic-age Santa Maria Formation of Brazil. It was found in the geopark of paleorrota. It is based on remains that had been assigned to Prestosuchus chininiquensis, including a nearly complete skull. There is some uncertainty about the publication date and authors; as noted by Langer et al. (2007), Kischlat (2000) records it as having been published by Kischlat and Barberena, with no year given.[2]. Later, Schultz & Langer showed it's most likely a junior synonym of Prestosuchus[3]
Karamuru would have been a carnivorous animal, perhaps 7 meters long (23 ft) and weighing 700 kilograms (1500 lb).[4]
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References
- ^ a b per Langer et al., 2007
- ^ Langer, Max C. (2007). "The continental tetrapod-bearing Triassic of south Brazil". In Lucas, S.G.; and Spielmann, J.A. (eds.) (ed.). The Global Triassic (pdf). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 41. Albuquerque, New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. pp. 201–218.
{{cite book}}:|editor=has generic name (help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) - ^ Tetrápodes triássicos do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Paleontologia: cenários de vida. v. 1, p. 277-299. Schultz, C. L., & Langer, M. C. Interciência, 2007
- ^ "Karamuru vorax". O Rio Grande do Sol no tempo dos dinossaros (in Portuguese). UFRGS. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
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