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Teyujagua

Teyujagua
Teyujagua paradoxa Skull lateral and dorsal.jpg
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'.



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