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Deltavjatia
Temporal range: 260–253.4 Ma Tatarian[1][2][3]Scientific classification Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata (unranked): Sauropsida Class: Reptilia Subclass: Anapsida Order: Procolophonia Suborder: Pareiasauroidea Family: Pareiasauridae † Genus: Deltavjatia † Lebedev, 1987[2] Species - D. vjatkensis Hartmann & Weinberg, 1937 (type)[2]
Synonyms - Anthodon Hartmann & Weinberg, 1937[2]
Deltavjatia was a procolophonid reptile from the Tatarian stage of the Permian time period.
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Ecology
Deltavjatia was an herbivore, meaning that it only ate plants.[2]
Distribution
Deltavjatia lived in what is now Russia.[2]
Classification
Deltavjatia was named a subtaxon of Pareiasauridae by M.S.Y. Lee in 1997.[2]
Scientific Classification
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Relatives
Main article: Pareiasauridae- Arganaceras
- Bradysaurus
- Pareiasuchus
- Elginia
- Embrithosaurus
- Nanopareia
- Nochelesaurus
- Pareiasaurus
- Scutosaurus
- Shihtienfenia
- Velosauria
Alternative Combination
Pareiasuchus vjatkensis is the alternative combination of Deltavjatia vjatkensis.[2]
Synonym
Deltavjatia vjatkensis was also named Anthodon rossicus by Hartmann & Weinberg in 1937.[2]
Discovery
An impression of Deltavjatia vjatkensis and a scale showing how massive a Deltavjatia is compared to a human.
The first specimen of Deltavjatia was a specimen of a skull and lower mandobile (PIN 2212/1[2]), found in the Urpalov Formation in Kotelnich, Vyatka River. It was named Deltavjatia vjatkensis by Hartmann & Weinberg in 1937.[2]
See also
- Pareiasauridae
- Procolophonia
- Kotelnich
- Vyatka River
- Russia
References
External links
Categories:- Pareiasaurs
- Permian reptiles
- Prehistoric reptile stubs
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