Friday, 22 November 2013

Embrithosaurus schwarzi

Related to the contemporary Nochelesaurus alexandri and Bradysaurus seeleyi, this is the smallest of the three. Its body was covered by thin dermal plates.

Name
Embrithosaurus schwarzi
Authority
Watson, 1914
Size
Length: 2.2 m
Remains
Skeletons.
Age and Distribution
Upper Permian (Capitanian). Lower to Upper Tapinocephalus zone, Lower Beaufort Beds, Karoo basin, South Africa.
Classification
Anapsida Hallucicrania Pareiasauria

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