Pumiliopareia
Extinct genus of reptiles
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Pumiliopareia is an extinct genus of pareiasaurid parareptile from the Permian period of South Africa. It is known from a complete skeleton with osteoderms.
| Pumiliopareia Temporal range: Changhsingian, | |
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| Life restoration of Pumiliopareia pricei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | †Pareiasauria |
| Genus: | †Pumiliopareia Lee, 1997 |
| Type species | |
| †Nanoparia pricei Broom and Robinson, 1948 | |
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Description
Pumiliopareia was about 50 cm (19.6 in) in length with a 12 cm (4.7 in) skull. It is the smallest known member of the pareiasaurs, measuring only a fifth as long as some of its larger relatives. Like Anthodon, its body was entirely covered with osteoderms.
Classification
External links
- Elginiidae and Pumiliopareiasauria at Palaeos
