A antiga fauna brasileira perdida no tempo
The ancient Brazilian fauna lost in time
BRAZIL
PaleoZOO
ACLEISTORRINIDOS
Acleistorhinids
Acleistorrinidos foram pequenos pararrépteis cujos fósseis são encontrados em rochas datadas de 315 a 270 milhões de anos. Seus restos são distinguíveis de outros pequenos vertebrados do período pelos longos dentes situados na porção mais dianteira do maxilar, além de uma caraterística superfície rugosa de seus ossos cranianos. De hábitos provavelmente insetívoros, viviam em ambientes florestados.
Acleistorhinids were small parareptiles whose fossils are found in rocks dated from 315 to 270 million years. Their remains are distinguishable from other early small vertebrates by the long teeth located in the most forward portion of the jaw, as well as a characteristic rough surface of their cranial bones. Probably insectivorous, they lived in forested environments.
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