Thursday 28 November 2013

Candelaria barbouri

The youngest Owenettid and the only found so far outside Africa and Madagascar.

Name
Candelaria barbouri
Authority
Price, 1946
Meaning of generic name
From the name of the county were the fossils were found.
Size
Length: 40 cm
Remains
Three skulls.
Age and Distribution
Middle Triassic (Ladinian), Candelaria County, Rio Grande do Sul State, Santa Maria Formation of southern Brazil.
Classification
Anapsida Procolomorpha Procolophonoidea Owenettidae

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