Reptilia - Theropoda - Herrerasauridae
Full reference: C. Pacheco, R. T. Muller, M. Langer, F. A. Pretto, L. Kerber and S. Dias Silva. 2019. Gnathovorax cabreirai: a new early dinosaur and the origin and initial radiation of predatory dinosaurs. PeerJ 7(e7963)
Belongs to Gnathovorax according to C. Pacheco et al. 2019
See also Müller and Garcia 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CAPPA/UFSM 0009, a skeleton (An almost complete and partially articulated skeleton (lacking only part of the left shoulder girdle and part of the left forelimb).). Its type locality is Marchezan, São João do Polêsine, which is in a Tuvalian lacustrine delta plain mudstone in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Marchezan, São João do Polêsine
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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