- Name
- Heleosaurus scholtzi
- Authority
- Broom, 1907
- Size
- Length: 50 cm
- Remains
- Partial skeleton missing tail and most of the limbs.
- Age and Distribution
- Probably Abrahamskraal Formation, Beaufort Group, South Africa
- Classification
- Synapsida Eupelycosauria Varanopseidae
- Further Reading
- Reisz, R. R. & Modesto, S. P. 2007. Heleosaurus scholtzi from the Permian of South Africa: a varanopid synapsid, not a diapsid reptile. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (3): 734-739.
Friday, 22 November 2013
Heleosaurus scholtzi
Originally thought to be a diapsid reptile.
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