Sclerosaurus
| Sclerosaurus Temporal range: Olenekian–Anisian | |
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| Fossil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Procolophonomorpha |
| Clade: | †Pareiasauromorpha |
| Superfamily: | †Pareiasauroidea |
| Genus: | †Sclerosaurus von Meyer, 1857 |
| Species: | † S. armatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sclerosaurus armatus von Meyer, 1857 | |
Restoration
Sclerosaurus armatus is an extinct genus of parareptile. It was a fairly small about 30 cm long, distinguished from other known parareptiles by the possession of long, backwardly projecting spikes, rear lower jaw teeth with slightly imbricating crowns, and a narrow band of back armor comprising two or three rows of sculptured osteoderms on either side of the midline.[1] Phylogenetic studies have found it to be a close relative of the pareiasaurs, and together with that group it forms the clade Pareiasauroidea.[2]
References
- ↑ http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/anapsida/leptopleuroninae.html
- ↑ Jalil, N. E., & Janvier, P. (2005). Les pareiasaures (Amniota, Parareptilia) du Permien supérieur du Bassin d’Argana, Maroc. Geodiversitas, 27(1), 35-132.