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Brasilitherium

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Brasilitherium
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Life restoration of Brasilitherium riograndensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Brasilodontidae
Genus: Brasilitherium
Martinelli and Schultz, 2003
Type species
Brasilitherium riograndensis
Martinelli and Schultz, 2003

Brasilitherium ("Brazilian beast") is a genus of cynodont that lived during the Late Triassic in what is now Brazil. Its length was approximately 12 cm and it weighed 20 grams. It fed on insects, making it an insectivore. Brasilitherium was found in Paleorrota (Caturrita Formation), a geopark located in Brazil. [1] [2]

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