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Pareiasaurs (meaning "ch**** lizards") are an
extinct clade of large,
herbivorous parareptiles.
Members of the
group were
armoured with
osteoderms which...
- from the
Permian period. It was a
typical member of its family, the
pareiasaurids,
which take
their name from this genus.
Fossils have been
found in the...
- Hartmann-Weinberg, A. (1937). "Pareiasauriden als Leitfossilien" [
Pareiasaurids as
guide fossils].
Problemy Paleontologii (in German). 213 (2–3): 649–712...
- and
North America. They are
sometimes classified as a
sister group to
pareiasaurids (but see classification). The
group includes the
genera Macroleter,...
- Hartmann-Weinberg, A. (1937). "Pareiasauriden als Leitfossilien" [
Pareiasaurids as
guide fossils].
Problemy Paleontologii (in German). 213 (2–3): 649–712...
- CISNEROS, JUAN CARLOS; ABDALA, FERNANDO; MALABARBA,
MARIA C. (2005). "
PAREIASAURIDS FROM THE RIO DO
RASTO FORMATION,
SOUTHERN BRAZIL:
BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS...
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Elginia is an
extinct genus of
pareiasaurid known from the Late
Permian of
Scotland and China. It was
named for the area
around Elgin in Scotland, which...
- and inostranceviids, as well as
larger herbivores like
Dicynodon and
pareiasaurids. The type
species E.
borealis was
named in 1999. Elph has a
short snout...
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Shihtienfenia was a
pareiasaurid parareptile from the Late
Permian of China. Lee (1997)
refers to S.
xuecunensis as a
metaspecies lacking the autapomorphies...
- Cisneros, Juan; Abdala, Fernando; Malabarba,
Maria (2005-01-01). "
Pareiasaurids from the Rio do
Rasto Formation,
southern Brazil:
Biostratigraphic implications...
