Pronunciation: nath-o-VOR-ax
Meaning: Jaw inclined to devour
Author/s: Pacheco et al. (2019)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Discovery Chart Position: #1011
Gnathovorax cabreirai
(Cabreira's jaw inclined to devour)Etymology
Gnathovorax is derived from the Greek "gnathos" (jaw), and the Latin "voro" (to devour) and "-ax" (inclined to), referring to its voracious appetite for flesh.
The species epithet, cabreirai, honours Dr. Sérgio Furtado Cabreira, the palaeontologist who found the specimen.
ZooBank registry: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:500F75EF-DC9B-44B2-9EF6-765FB3374D30.
Discovery
The remains of Gnathovorax were discovered at Marchezan in the Santa Maria Formation (Candelária Sequence, Paraná Basin), São João do Polêsine, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, by Dr. Sérgio Furtado Cabreira in 2014.The holotype (CAPPA/UFSM 0009) is an almost complete and partially articulated skeleton, lacking only part of the left shoulder girdle and part of the left forelimb.
