Teyujagua | |
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Skull in side view and dorsal view | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Genus: |
†Teyujagua Pinheiro, 2016 |
Type species | |
†Teyujagua paradoxa Pinheiro, 2016 |
Teyujagua was a small, semiaquatic archosauromorph reptile that lived in Brazil during the Triassic period. It is known from a well-preserved skull, and probably resembled a crocodile in appearance. It was an intermediary between the primitive archosauromorphs and the more advanced Archosauriformes. Its genus name Teyujagua is derived from Teyú Yaguá, a lizard in Guarani mythology with a dog-like head, and the species name paradoxa means unusual, strange'.