Pareiasaurus Juvenile Skull Replica

Description

Pareiasaurus Juvenile Skull Replica measures 6.7 x 8.3 x 3.9 inches. Pareiasaurus Juvenile Skull Replica is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast of original specimen from Kotelnich Paleontological Museum, Russia. This model features a fixed mandible and cranium. 1:1 scale. Made in USA.

Pareiasaurus or Deltavjatia vjatkensis are the most popular group of Permian reptiles is plant eating lizards. Pareiasaurs (meaning “big cheek lizards”) they lived in Permian deltas and near the rivers.

Deltavjatia was an herbivore and lived in what is now Russia. Found in the Kotelnich locality of Upper Permian vertebrate fauna.

Pareiasaurus or Deltavjatia vjatkensis is in the collection of: Koltelnich Paleontological Museum. Age: 255 million years ago, Upper Permian, Paleozoic Era. Locality: Koltelnich locality of Upper Permian vertebrate fauna, Russia.

Pareiasaurus or Deltavjatia vjatkensis is an extinct genus of anapsid reptile from the Permian period. It was a typical member of its family, the pareiasaurs, which take their name from this genus. Fossils have been found in the Beaufort Group.

Pareiasaurus or Deltavjatia vjatkensis is a large quadruped, about 8.2 ft. long, with elephantine legs, walking in a typically reptilian posture. The skull is broad and the snout short. Its skull had several spine and wart like protrusions.

Deltavjatia vjatkensis leaf-shaped teeth, ideal for biting through tough plant fibers, indicate it was a herbivore. Even the palate had teeth.

Deltavjatia vjatkensis snout is heavily armored, and bears a horn-like boss. The teeth are equipped with 11 (or possibly 13 or 15) cusps. This is a large animal; the skull is about 50 cm in length. This species might be ancestral to Pareiasaurus peringueyi.

Pareiasaurus Facts:

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Procolophonomorpha
Family: †Pareiasauridae
Genus: †Deltavjatia
Type species: †Pareiasuchus vjatkensis