Karamuru

Taxobox
name = "Karamuru"
fossil_range = Middle Triassic


image_caption = Girl looking at "Karamuru vorax".
Source: Paleorrota
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = Diapsida
clade=Crurotarsi
ordo = Rauisuchia
familia = Prestosuchidae
genus = "Karamuru"
genus_authority=Kischlat, 2000per Langer "et al.", 2007]
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"K. vorax" Kischlat, 2000 (type)

"Karamuru" is a genus of prestosuchid archosaur from the Middle Triassic-age Santa Maria Formation of Brazil. It was found in the geopark of paleorrota. It is based on remains that had been assigned to "Prestosuchus chininiquensis", including a nearly complete skull. There is some uncertainty about the publication date and authors; as noted by Langer "et al." (2007), Kischlat (2000) records it as having been published by Kischlat and Barberena, with no year given.cite book |last=Langer |first=Max C. |coauthors=Ribeiro, Ana M.; Schultz, Cesar L.; and Ferigolo, Jorge |year=2007 |chapter=The continental tetrapod-bearing Triassic of south Brazil |title=The Global Triassic |editor=Lucas, S.G.; and Spielmann, J.A. (eds.) |series=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 41 |publisher=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science |location=Albuqueque, New Mexico |pages=201-218 |url=http://sites.ffclrp.usp.br/paleo/pdf/Langer_et_al_2007b.pdf |format=pdf]

"Karamuru" would have been a carnivorous animal, perhaps 7 meters long (23 ft) and weighing 700 kilograms (1500 lb).cite web |url=http://www.royalsul.com.br/paleo/meio.asp?dinocod=2 |title=Karamuru vorax |accessdate=2008-01-08 |work=O Rio Grande do Sol no tempo dos dinossaros |publisher=UFRGS |language=Portuguese ]

ee also

*Paleorrota

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