Palaeohatteria

Name: Palaeohatteria.
Phonetic: Pay-le-o-hat-ter-re-ah.
Named By: Carl Friedrich Heinrich Credner‭ ‬-‭ ‬1888.
Synonyms: Haptodus longicaudata,‭ ‬Palaeosphenodon longicaudata.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Pelycosauria,‭ ‬Sphenacodontia.
Species: P.‭ ‬longicaudata‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Known specimens up to‭ ‬60‭ ‬centimetres long,‭ ‬but fully grown adults may have grown larger.
Known locations: Germany.
Time period: Sakmarian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial post cranial remains of juvenile individuals.

       Palaeohatteria is a genus of sphenacodont pelycosaur that lived in Germany during the early Permian.‭ ‬So far however Palaeohatteria is only known by immature individuals.‭ ‬At times Palaeohatteria has been considered to be synonymous with the genus Haptodus,‭ ‬however some researchers continue to list Palaeohatteria as a distinct genus.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Die Stegocephalen und Saurier aus dem Rothliegenden des Plauen’schen Grundes bei Dresden.‭ ‬VII Theil:‭ ‬Palaeohatteria longicaudata Cred.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft‭ ‬40:‭ ‬490‭–‬558.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Carl Friedrich Heinrich Credner‭ ‬-‭ ‬1888.
-‭ ‬Palaeohatteria Credner and the Proganosauria.‭ ‬-‭ ‬American Journal of Science.‭ ‬Series‭ ‬3‭ ‬37:‭ ‬310‭–‬313.‭ ‬-‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Baur‭ ‬-‭ ‬1889.

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