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