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Pareiasaurus

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Pareiasaurus was named by Owen (1876). It is not extant. Its type is Pareiasaurus serridens. It is the type genus of Pareiasauridae.

It was assigned to Tretospondylia by Owen (1876); to Pariasauridae by Cope (1896); to Pareiasauria by Broom (1913); to Pareiosauridae by Amalitzky (1922); to Pareiasauridae by Hay (1930) and Carroll (1988); and to Pareiasauria by Lee (1997).

Species

P. henneni, P. serridens (syn. Anthodon gregoryi, P. minor, Propappus rogersi, Propappus omocratus, P. pinnatus, P. rubidgei, Anthodon nesemanni) (type species), P. whaitsi

Synonyms

Pareiasaurus henneni was named by Case (1917). It is a cast. Its type locality is Saltlick Bridge, which is in a Permian terrestrial horizon in West Virginia.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Lee (1997).
Brachypareia was named by Haughton and Boonstra (1929).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pareiasaurus by Lee (1997).

It was assigned to Pareiasauridae by Haughton and Boonstra (1929).
Propappus was named by Seeley (1888). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pareiasaurus by Lee (1997).

It was assigned to Pareiasauria by Broom (1913).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1876	Pareiasaurus Owen
1888	Propappus Seeley
1896	Pariasaurus Cope p. 440
1913	Pareiasaurus Broom
1913	Propappus Broom
1917	Pareiasaurus henneni Case
1922	Pareiosaurus Amalitzky p. 334
1929	Brachypareia Haughton and Boonstra
1930	Pareiasaurus Hay p. 38
1930	Pareiasaurus henneni Hay p. 39
1988	Pareiasaurus Carroll
1997	Pareiasaurus Lee p. 265

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Parareptilia	Lawrence 1868
—	Procolophonomorpha	()
—	Procolophonia	()
—	Hallucicrania
superfamily	Pareiasauroidea	Nopsca 1928
—	Pareiasauria	()
genus	Pareiasaurus	Owen 1876

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.

G. †Pareiasaurus Owen 1876

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†Pareiasaurus serridens Owen

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Invalid names: Anthodon gregoryi Broom 1930 [synonym], Anthodon nesemanni Broom 1940 [synonym], Pareiasaurus minor Seeley 1892 [synonym], Pareiasaurus pinnatus Olson and Broom 1937 [synonym], Pareiasaurus rubidgei Broom 1940 [synonym], Propappus omocratus Seeley [synonym], Propappus rogersi Broom 1912 [synonym]

†Pareiasaurus whaitsi Broom 1914

Invalid names: Brachypareia Haughton and Boonstra 1929 [synonym], Pareiasaurus henneni Case 1917 [nomen dubium], Propappus Seeley 1888 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available