Pareiasuchus Broom and Haughton 1913 (parareptile)

Reptilia - Procolophonomorpha

Full reference: R. Broom and S. H. Haughton. 1913. On the skeleton of a new pareiasaurian (Pareiasuchus péringueyi gen. et sp. nov.). Annals of the South African Museum 12:17-25

Parent taxon: Pareiasauria according to M. S. Y. Lee 1997

See also Broom and Haughton 1913, Hartmann-Weinberg 1937 and Lee et al. 1997

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

Subtaxa: Pareiasuchus nasicornis Pareiasuchus peringueyi

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Type: Pareiasuchus peringueyi

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (4 collections), Zambia (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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