Deltavjatia

Deltavjatia was a procolophonoid reptile from the Tatarian stage of the Permian time period. It had a large body of about 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length.[4] Deltavjatia was an herbivore and lived in what is now Russia.[5] The first specimen of Deltavjatia was a specimen of a skull and lower mandible (PIN 2212/1[5]), found in the Urpalov Formation in Kotelnich, Vyatka River.

Restoration

Deltavjatia
Temporal range: Capitanian, 260 Ma
↓
[1]
Skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
†Procolophonomorpha
Family:
†Pareiasauridae
Genus:
†Deltavjatia

Lebedev, 1987[2]
Type species
†Pareiasuchus vjatkensis
Hartmann-Weinberg, 1937[3]
Synonyms
  • Anthodon rossicus Hartmann-Weinberg, 1937
  • Scutosaurus rossicus (Hartmann-Weinberg, 1937)
  • Pareiasuchus vjatkensis Hartmann-Weinberg, 1937
  • Deltavjatia vjatkensis (Hartmann-Weinberg, 1937)
  • Anthodon chlynoviensis Efremov, 1940

Deltavjatia was placed as a subtaxon of Pareiasauridae by M.S.Y. Lee in 1997.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Feeding damage on upper Permian plants from the Sukhona River". Paleontological Journal. 41: 207–211. 2005-02-11. doi:10.1134/S0031030107020116.
  2. "†Deltavjatia Lebedev 1987". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  3. Hartmann-Weinberg, A. (1937). "Pareiasauriden als Leitfossilien" [Pareiasaurids as guide fossils]. Problemy paleontologii (in German). 213 (2–3): 649–712. (Pareiasuchus vjatkensis, p. 664; Anthodon rossicus, p. 676)
  4. "Palaeos Vertebrates Anapsida: Pareiasauridae (2)". Palaeos.com. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  5. "Paleobiology Database: Pareiasuchus vjatkensis". Paleodb.org. Retrieved 2020-10-09.


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