Reptilia - Procolophonomorpha - Pareiasauridae
Alternative spellings: Pareiosauridae, Pariasauridae
Parent taxon: Pareiasauria according to M. S. Y. Lee 2000
See also Amalitzky 1922, Carroll 1988, Cope 1896, Haughton and Brink 1954, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Ivakhnenko 2008, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Osborn 1904, Romer 1964 and Young and Yeh 1963
Sister taxa: Anthodon, Arganaceras, Bradysauridae, Bradysaurus, Bunostegos, Elginiidae, Embrithosaurus, Koalemasaurus, Nanoparia, Nochelesaurus, Pachypes, Parasaurus, Pareiasaurus, Pareiasaurus acutirostris, Pareiasaurus bombidens, Pareiasaurus russouwi, Pareiasaurus steenkampensis, Pareiasaurus strubeni, Pareiasuchus, Pumiliopareia, Rhipaeosauridae, Zhongjiania
Subtaxa: Deltavjatia Provelosaurus Sanchuansaurus Scutosaurus Shihtienfenia
Type: Pareiasaurus
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Brazil (3 collections), China (3), the Russian Federation (18)
Total: 24 collections including 35 occurrences