Jachaleria was a dicynodont that lived in the Middle to Late Triassic Periods; in South America.
Description[]
There were two primary species of this genus. The Jachaleria candelariensis is found near Candelária City, in the Paraná Basin of southeastern Brazil. It grew to perhaps 3 metres in length and had an estimated body mass of 300 kilograms.
Throughout the early part of the Upper Triassic dicynodonts were absent from the paleorrota and the rhynchosaurs were the dominant herbivores. Jachaleria colorata, is found in Argentina, in the Chañares, Ischigualasto and Los Colorados Formations of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina. It is very similar to Jachaleria candelariensis in terms of physical appearance ana anatomy.
References[]
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257448913_Vertebrate_Succession_in_the_Ischigualasto_Formation
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08912963.2020.1850715?journalCode=ghbi20
- https://www.mindat.org/taxon-P178102.html
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260273275_A_new_phylogenetic_analysis_of_Triassic_dicynodonts_Therapsida_and_the_systematic_position_of_Jachaleria_candelariensis_from_the_Upper_Triassic_of_Brazil