Bunostegos Sidor et al. 2003 (parareptile)

Reptilia - Procolophonomorpha

Full reference: C. A. Sidor, D. C. Blackburn, and B. Gado. 2003. The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger - II, Preliminary description of a new pareiasaur. Palaeontologia Africana 39:45-52

Parent taxon: Pareiasauria according to C. A. Sidor et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Anthodon, Arganaceras, Bradysauridae, Bradysaurus, Elginiidae, Embrithosaurus, Koalemasaurus, Nanoparia, Nochelesaurus, Pachypes, Parasaurus, Pareiasauridae, Pareiasaurus, Pareiasaurus acutirostris, Pareiasaurus bombidens, Pareiasaurus russouwi, Pareiasaurus steenkampensis, Pareiasaurus strubeni, Pareiasuchus, Pumiliopareia, Rhipaeosauridae, Zhongjiania

Subtaxa: Bunostegos akokanensis

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Type: Bunostegos akokanensis

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Ibadanane Area II (Permian of Niger)

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