Pronunciation:
Meaning: Tree Wanderer
Author/s: Navarro et al. (2022)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: São Paulo, Brazil
Discovery Chart Position: #1078
Ibirania parva
(Little tree wanderer)Etymology
Ibirania is derived from "Ibirá" (the municipality in which the specimens
were found) and the Greek "plania" (wanderer). The name Ibirá is a Portuguese
derivative from the Tupi word "ybyrá" (meaning tree or wood). Thus, the name means "tree wanderer" in allusion to its browser
feeding behavior.
The species epithet, parva, is the feminine form of the Latin "parvus" (small, little).
ZooBank registry: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3E8A5EC8-0E0B-4351-A454-02746D2ECC1A.
Discovery
The remains of Ibirania were discovered in the São José do Rio Preto Formation at the Garcia Brothers Farm (Sítio dos Irmãos Garcia), near the Washington Luis State Highway (SP-310) in Vila Ventura, Ibirá Municipality, north-
eastern São Paulo State, Brazil.
The holotype (LPP-PV-0200—0207) is a partial skeleton including a back vertebra, two tail vertebrae, a neural arch, forearm bones (fragmentary radius and ulna), a hand bone and a foot bone.
Referred material found close to the holotype includes two partial neck vertebrae (MPPC 02-012, MPMA 08-0049/02), two partial back vertebrae (MPMA 08-0050/01, MPPC 02-005), a tail vertebra (MPMA 08-0060/07), and a nearly complete calf and calf fragments (MPMA 09-0001/99, LPP-PV-0043).
