New Fossil from Brazil Reveals Unexpected Diversity among Pre-Dinosaur Herbivores

Apr 23, 2026 - 17:45
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New Fossil from Brazil Reveals Unexpected Diversity among Pre-Dinosaur Herbivores
An artistic representation of a Late Triassic landscape of southern Brazil depicting individuals of Isodapedon varzealis in the foreground and a proterochampsid in the background. Image credit: Caio Fantini.

Paleontologists in Brazil have identified a new genus and species of hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur -- an extinct lineage of beaked, herbivorous reptiles -- based on a partial skull and lower jaws recovered from Triassic rocks.

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