Driveria

Bry-vee-re-ah.
By Benjamin Gutierrez
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Gutierrez, B. (2016, June 19). Driveria. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/driveria/

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Name

Driveria ‭(‬Named in honour of O.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Driver‭)‬.

Phonetic

Bry-vee-re-ah.

Named By

E.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Olson‭ ‬-‭ ‬1962.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

D.‭ ‬ponderosa

Size

Roughly estimated about‭ ‬4‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

USA,‭ ‬Texas.

Time Period

Kungurian of the Permian.

Fossil representation

Partial skull and post cranial remains.

In Depth

       Driveria is a genus of tapinocephalid dinocephalian synapsid that lived in what is now Texas during the mid Permian.‭ ‬Driveria was named in honour of O.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Driver,‭ ‬the owner of the ranch where the type remains of Driveria were found.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Late Permian terrestrial vertebrates,‭ ‬U.S.A.‭ ‬and U.S.S.R.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Transactions of the American Philosophical Society,‭ ‬New Series‭ ‬52‭(‬2‭)‬:1-224.‭ ‬-‭ ‬E.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Olson‭ ‬-‭ ‬1962.

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