Botucaraitherium

Botucaraitherium is an extinct genus of prozostrodontian cynodonts from the early Norian Riograndia Assemblage Zone in the Candelária [Formation, Paraná Basin|Candelária Formation] of the Paraná Basin in southeastern Brazil. It is known from a single type species, Botucaraitherium belarminoi. The genus name is derived from the Botucaraí Hill, which dominates the landscape of Candelária, [Rio Grande do Sul|Candelária], Rio [Grande do Sul]. The species epithet honors Belarmino Stefanello, a volunteer at the Museu Municipal [Aristides Carlos Rodrigues], who found the fossil.
Botucaraitherium in a cladogram after Stefanello et al. :