- Name
- Anthodon serrarius
- Authority
- Owen, 1876
- Meaning of generic name
- Flower tooth
- Size
- Length: 1 m
- Remains
- Holotype (BP/1/548): Partial skull and vertebrae.
- Age and Distribution
- Upper Permian Cistecephalus zone, Karoo basin, South Africa.
- Classification
- Anapsida Hallucicrania Pareiasauria
- Synonyms
- Propappus parvus Haughton, 1913, Pareiasaurus parvus (Haughton, 1913)
Thursday 28 November 2013
Anthodon serrarius
One small member of the pareiasaurs called dwarf pareiasaurs. Like the other members of this highly specialized herbivore group, the body was entirely shielded with osteoderms.
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