Alternative spellings: Pareiasauri, Pareiosauri, Pareiosauria
Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1888. Croonian Lecture: Researches on the Structure, Organization, and Classification of the Fossil Reptilia. II. On Pareiasaurus bombidens (Owen), and the Significance of Its Affinities to Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 179:59-109
Parent taxon: Pareiasauroidea according to M. S. Y. Lee 1995
See also Broom 1913, Case 1911, Gadow 1898, Gauthier et al. 1989, Gauthier et al. 1988, Haughton and Brink 1954, Hay 1930, Huene 1954, Jaekel 1911, Kuhn 1966, Laurin and Reisz 1995, Lee 2000, Olson 1947, Olson 1962, Olson 1966, Osborn 1903, Osborn 1904, Perrier 1928, Seeley 1888, Seeley 1895 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Anthodon Arganaceras Bradysauridae Bradysaurus Bunostegos Elginiidae Embrithosaurus Koalemasaurus Nanoparia Nochelesaurus Pachypes Parasaurus Pareiasauridae Pareiasaurus Pareiasaurus acutirostris Pareiasaurus bombidens Pareiasaurus russouwi Pareiasaurus steenkampensis Pareiasaurus strubeni Pareiasuchus Pumiliopareia Rhipaeosauridae Zhongjiania
Distribution:
• Tatarian of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Permian of Brazil (3), China (6), Germany (7), Italy (1), Morocco (2), Niger (2), the Russian Federation (23), South Africa (46), Tanzania (2), the United Kingdom (1), Zambia (5)
Total: 99 collections including 142 occurrences