Friday 22 November 2013

Heleosaurus scholtzi

Originally thought to be a diapsid reptile.

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.

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