Stereosternum
| Stereosternum Temporal range: Early Permian | |
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| Life restoration of Stereosternum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | †Parareptilia |
| Order: | †Mesosauria |
| Family: | †Mesosauridae |
| Genus: | †Stereosternum Cope, 1885 |
| Type species | |
| †Stereosternum tumidum Cope, 1885 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mesosaurus tumidum (Cope, 1885) | |
Stereosternum is a genus of mesosaurid marine reptile from the Early Permian of Brazil. Unlike other mesosaurs, which appear to have been filter feeders, Stereosternum seeming led a lifestyle similar to that of the gharial, capturing fish with its slender snout, filled with sharp teeth. The juveniles also appear to have been less aquatic than the adults.[1]
Fossil
References
- ↑ Signore et al. (2002)
Cope, E.D. 1886. A contribution to the vertebrate paleontology of Brazil. Stereosternum tumidum, gen. et sp. nov. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 23(121):1-21.
Sources
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 226)
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