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.

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)

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