Alternative combination: Pareiasaurus baini
Synonym: Platyoropha broomi Haughton and Boonstra 1929
Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1892. Researches on the Structure, Organization, and Classification of the Fossil Reptilia. VII. Further Observations on Pareiasaurus. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 183:311-370
Belongs to Bradysaurus according to M. S. Y. Lee 1997
See also Broom 1913, Haughton and Boonstra 1929, Seeley 1892, Swinton 1934 and Watson 1914
Sister taxa: Bradysaurus seeleyi, Bradysaurus whaitsi, Bradysuchus maleriensis
Type specimens:
- Bradysaurus baini: BMNH R1971, a skeleton (almost complete). Its type locality is De Bad farm, which is in a Capitanian dry floodplain mudstone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
- Platyoropha broomi: SAM 5002, a skull. Its type locality is Vogelfontein (Prince Albert), which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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