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Pareiasauridae

Reptilia - Pareiasauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Pareiasauridae Lydekker
1896Pariasauridae Cope p. 440
1902Pareiasauridae Hay p. 429
1904Pareiasauridae Osborn p. 101
1922Pareiosauridae Amalitzky p. 334
1930Pareiasauridae Hay p. 38
1946Pareiasauridae Kuhn p. 55
1954Pareiasauridae Haughton and Brink p. 3
1963Pareiasauridae Young and Yeh pp. 196, 206
1964Pareiasauridae Romer p. 719
1966Pareiasauridae Kuhn p. 18
1988Pareiasauridae Carroll
2000Pareiasauridae Lee p. 71
2008Pareiasauridae Ivakhnenko pp. 75, 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
—Procolophonomorpha()
—Procolophonia()
—Hallucicrania
superfamilyPareiasauroideaNopsca 1928
—Pareiasauria()
familyPareiasauridaeLydekker 1889
familyPareiasauridaeLydekker 1889

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Pareiasauridae Lydekker 1889
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G. †Deltavjatia Lebedev 1987
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†Deltavjatia rossicus Hartmann-Weinberg 1937
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Invalid names: Pareiasuchus vjatkensis Hartmann-Weinberg 1937 [synonym]
G. †Provelosaurus Lee 1997
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†Provelosaurus americanus Araújo 1985
G. †Sanchuansaurus Gao 1989
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G. †Scutosaurus Hartmann-Weinberg 1930
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†Scutosaurus karpinskii Amalitzky 1922
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Invalid names: Pareiosaurus elegans Amalitzky 1922 [synonym], Pareiosaurus horridus Amalitzky 1922 [synonym], Pareiosaurus tuberculatus Amalitzky 1922 [synonym], Proelginia permiana Hartmann-Weinberg 1937 [synonym], Scutosaurus itelensis Ivakhnenko 1987 [synonym]
Invalid names: Proelginia Hartmann-Weinberg 1937 [synonym]
G. †Shihtienfenia Young and Yeh 1963
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†Shihtienfenia permica Young and Yeh 1963
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Invalid names: Huanghesaurus liulinensis Gao 1983 [synonym], Shansisaurus xuecunensis Cheng 1980 [synonym]
Invalid names: Huanghesaurus Gao 1983 [synonym], Shansisaurus Cheng 1980 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:32:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Early/Lower Vyatkian or 259.90000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Pareiasaurus americanus (171380 171381)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Provelosaurus americanus (78657)
Early/Lower Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Kirov) Anthodon rossicus, Pareiasuchus vjatkensis, Anthodon chlynoviensis (28854)
Late/Upper Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Vologda) Pareiasauridae indet. (233451) Proelginia sp. (233448)
Late/Upper Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Orenburg) Pareiasauridae indet. (93207) Proelginia permiana (189501 189505)
Late/Upper Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Tatarstan) Proelginia permiana (80712)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 257.4Russian Federation (Vladimir) Scutosaurus sp. (93026)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 257.4Russian Federation (Vologda) Scutosaurus tuberculatus (187939)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 257.4Russian Federation (Orenburg) Pareiasauridae indet. (180868 189495 189571) Scutosaurus sp. (93027)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 257.4Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) Pareiosaurus karpinskii, Pareiosaurus elegans, Pareiosaurus horridus, Pareiosaurus tuberculatus, Scutosaurus karpinskii, Scutosaurus tuberculatus (28065) Scutosaurus karpinskii (27952)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Early/Lower Vyatkian264.28 - 254.14Russian Federation (Tatarstan) Scutosaurus sp. (28855)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation (Vologda) Pareiasauridae indet. (104754)
Vyatkian259.51 - 257.4Russian Federation (Orenburg) Pareiasauridae indet. (86484)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Shanxi) Huanghesaurus liulinensis, Shansisaurus xuecunensis (92907) Pareiasauridae indet., Sanchuansaurus pygmaeus, Shansisaurus xuecunensis, Shihtienfenia permica (78694) Shihtienfenia permica (93536)