A new carnivorous cynodont (Synapsida, Therapsida) from the Brazilian Middle Triassic (Santa Maria Formation): Candelariodon barberenai gen. et sp. nov. Author Oliveira, Téo Veiga De Author Schultz, Cesar Leandro Author Soares, Marina Bento Author Rodrigues, Carlos Nunes text Zootaxa 2011 3027 19 28 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.278705 abd0f439-e330-47a4-9cd4-0a851db163fa 1175-5326 278705 Genus Candelariodon gen. nov. Type species . Candelariodon barberenai sp. nov. Etymology. Named after the city of Candelária , where the holotype was collected; “odon” derives from the Greek “ odoús ”, meaning “tooth”. Distribution and Age. Lower half of the Santa Maria Formation (Santa Maria 1 Sequence from Santa Maria Supersequence), in the characteristic levels of the Dinodontosaurus AZ ( sensu Abdala & Ribeiro 2010 ) ( Fig. 3 ), probably Ladinian in age. The outcrop where the fossil was collected is in Mr. Ronaldo Becker’s property, in the Pinheiro region, municipality of Candelária , circa 200km west from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil ( Fig. 1 B). Generic diagnosis. The genus include eucynodont with the following combination of characters: dentary without angular process; large coronoid process of the dentary overlapping laterally to the most distal postcanines; wide masseteric fossa; fused mandibular symphysis; splenial present but reduced (not vestigial); large distal lower incisor taller than postcanines; incisor margins without any kind of serration or denticulation; lower canine large or very large (broken at base); alveoli for eight postcanines (pc); pc 1 and 2 apparently with 2 cusps, a (main) and c (distal accessory); pc 3 and 4 buccolingually expanded with 3 cusps, a, c, and d (lingual accessory); pc 4 with two small mesiolingual cingular cusps; pc 5 buccolingually expanded, with cusps organized in buccal and lingual rows separated by shallow occlusal basin, each with four low cusps; maxillary postcanine sectorial, with four mesiodistally aligned cusps (B, A, C, and D) and two small mesiobuccal cingular cusps. See below for complete description.