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Scientists Identify in Brazil Reptile with Parrot Beak at 230 Million Years

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Researchers at the Federal University of Santa Maria identified the species Isodapedon varzealis, a herbivorous reptile about 230 million years old, from a fossil found in 2020 in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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Researchers at the Federal University of Santa Maria identified the species Isodapedon varzealis, a herbivorous reptile about 230 million years old, from a fossil found in 2020 in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

The new species described by UFSM shows how a herbivorous reptile of the Triassic used a curved beak to cut resistant vegetation The post Scientists discover fossil of prehistoric animal in the RS that lived more than 230 million years ago appeared first on The Antagonist.

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O Antagonista broke the news in São Paulo, Brazil on Sunday, April 19, 2026.
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