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Irajatherium Temporal range: Late Triassic |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Cynodontia |
| Infraorder: | Eucynodontia |
| Family: | Trithelodontidae |
| Genus: | Irajatherium |
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Irajatherium is a genus known only by the species Irajatherium hernadezi. (Martinelli, 2005). It is named in honor of Irajá Damiani Pinto.
Irajatherium hernadezi is a species known only by a humerus, a femur, two jaws and an upper arch incomplete, has the upper canine teeth after pills across and the post-mandibular canines with a more developed central cusp, followed by three smaller ones. It was collected in the municipality of Faxinal do Soturno in Paleorrota, Brazil.