Romeria

Name: Romeria.
Phonetic: Ro-me-re-ah.
Named By: Llewellyn Ivor Price‭ ‬-‭ ‬1937.
Synonyms: Romeria primus
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Captorhinidae.
Species: R.‭ ‬texana‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬prima.
Diet: Unavailable.
Size: About‭ ‬30‭ ‬centimetres long.
Known locations: USA,‭ ‬Texas‭ ‬-‭ ‬Archer City Formation,‭ ‬Putnam Formation.
Time period: Asselian/Sakmarian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Several individuals.

       Romeria is a genus of captorhinid reptile that lived in what is now Texas during the early Permian.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Two new cotylosaurs from the Permian of Texas.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Proceedings of the New England Zo�logical Club‭ ‬11:‭ ‬97‭–‬102.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Llewellyn Ivor Price‭ ‬-‭ ‬1937.
-‭ ‬Romeriid Reptiles from the Lower Permian.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology‭ ‬144‭ (‬5‭)‬:‭ ‬353‭–‬407.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Clark‭ & ‬R.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Carroll‭ ‬-‭ ‬1973.

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