Pareiasaurus

Taxobox
name = "Pareiasaurus"

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image_caption = Illustration of "Pareiasaurus" from 1905.
image width = 200px
fossil_range = Mid Permian
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Procolophonomorpha
subordo = Procolophonia
familia = Pareiasauridae
genus = "Pareiasaurus"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "P. baini"
* "P. bombidens"
* "P. russouwi"
* "P. serridens"

"Pareiasaurus" is an extinct genus of anapsid reptile from the Permian period. It was about 2.5 m (8 ft 4 in) long.

"Pareiasaurus" was a large quadruped with elephantine legs, walking in a semi-erect posture. Its skull had several spine- and wart-like protrusions. "Pareiasaurus"'s leaf-shaped teeth, ideal for biting through tough plant fibers, indicate it was a herbivore. Even the palate had teeth on it.

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