Deltavjatia
Name:
Deltavjatia.
Phonetic: Del-tah-v-yah-te-ah.
Named By: Lebedev - 1987.
Synonyms: Anthodon chlynoviensis,
Anthodon rossicus, Pareiasuchus vjatkensis, Scutosaurus rossicus.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Procolophonomorpha, Pareiasauridae.
Species: D. vjatkensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Up to 1.5 meters long.
Known locations: Russia - Urpalov Formation.
Time period: Tatraian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Several individuals.
Deltavjatia was originally named as a species of Pareiasuchus (itself largely treated as a synonym to Pareiasaurus), and then later as species of Anthodon. Then in 1987 Deltavjatia was established as a distinct genus by Lebedev. Deltavjatia was a fairly standard pareiasaur, though the genus is noted as having several primitive features.
Further reading
- Evolution der Pareiasauriden. - Trudy Palaeontological
institute Academe Nauk, SSSR. - A. P. Hartmann-Weinberg -
1933.
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