Genus: Brasilitherium BONAPARTE, MARTINELLI, SCHULTZ & RUBERT,
2003
Etymology:
Brasil, and Greek, therium, "mammal": Mammal from Brazil.
Species: riograndensis BONAPARTE, MARTINELLI, SCHULTZ & RUBERT,
2003
Etymology:
In reference to the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, where the holotype was
found.
Holotype: UFRGS PV 0694 T
Locality: Linha Sao Luiz Locality, an abandoned quarry located 1.5 km northwest of downtown do Soturno Faxinal, 53°30'23"E, 29°34'08"S, near Barrio Santo Antonino, Faxinal do Soturno, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil.
Horizon: Caturrita Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Icidosaur Assemblage Zone.
Age: Adamanian, Late Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material: Fragmentary skull without most of the zygomatic arches, the occiput and the basicranium, articulated with the complete left lower jaw and the incomplete right lower jaw.
Referred material:
BOPNAPARTE, MARTINELLI, & SCHULTZ, 2006
UFRGS PV0804T: Incomplete skull with fragment of right lower jaw.
UFRGS PV0929T: Incomplete skull articulated with lower jaws, and some postcranial remains.
Locality: Sesmaria do Pinhal, Candelaria, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil.
Horizon: Caturrita Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Icidosaur Assemblage Zone.
Age: Adamanian, Late Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material:
UFRGS PV 0595 T: Fragment of maxilla with 2 PC associated with a fragment of dentary with the last 2 pc.
UFRGS PV 0598 T: Incomplete maxilla, lower jaws, and fragmentary postcranial bones.
UFRGS PV 0603 T: An incomplete dentary with 2 alveolie for anterior pc and six complete pe.
UFRGS PV 0759 T: Represented by 2 incomplete maxillae with partial dentition and 2 incomplete dentaries with most of thier teeth.
UFRGS PV0760T: Incomplete skull with articulated lower jaws, incompletepectora girdle and humerus.