Extinct genus of reptiles
Not to be confused with Parasaurolophus.
Parasaurus Temporal range: Wuchiapingian,
258.9–255.7 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Clade :
† Parareptilia
Order:
† Procolophonomorpha
Clade :
† Pareiasauria
Family:
† Pareiasauridae
Genus:
† Parasaurus von Meyer, 1857
Type species
† Parasaurus geinitzi von Meyer, 1857
Parasaurus (meaning "near lizard") is a genus of pareiasaur known from fossils collected in the Kupferschiefer in Germany (Hesse, Thuringia and Lower Saxony), dating to the Late Permian (Wuchiapingian). The type species, Parasaurus geinitzi , described by Hermann von Meyer in 1857,[1] was the first pareiasaur ever described.[2] The seven known specimens were redescribed in 2008.[2]
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^ a b L. A. Tsuji and J. Müller. (2008). A Re-evaluation of Parasaurus geinitzi , the first named pareiasaur (Amniota, Parareptilia). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 45(10):1111-1121
Last Update: 2023-10-27T12:08:14Z
belonged to Parasaurus . It was not until 1857 when von Meyer described these fossils and created the Parasaurus genus. von Meyer classified Parasaurus as a reptile...
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freieslebeni, flora and other fossils. Famous finds from the unit include Parasaurus geinitzi, Protorosaurus speneri, Weigeltisaurus jaekeli and Glaurung schneideri...
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It lived in what used to be the Sundance Sea. It was originally named Parasaurus ("near lizard") by Othniel Charles Marsh in reference to Plesiosaurus...
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