About 230 million years ago, in what is now southern Brazil, a herbivorous reptile was grazing a triasic vegetation alongside the ancestors of the dinosaurs. Its fossilized skull has just been described as a new species: Isodapedon varzealis. The study, published in Royal Society Open Science in 2026 by Jeung Hee Schiefelbein, and his colleagues — all attached to the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil — establishes that it is a h…
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About 230 million years ago, in what is now southern Brazil, a herbivorous reptile was grazing a triasic vegetation alongside the ancestors of the dinosaurs. Its fossilized skull has just been described as a new species: Isodapedon varzealis. The study, published in Royal Society Open Science in 2026 by Jeung Hee Schiefelbein, and his colleagues — all attached to the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil — establishes that it is a h…