In Depth
Pumiliopareia was a fairly small parieasaur though one that was not completely defenceless. The skin of Pumiliopareia was the housing for a multitude of osteoderm armour, though bony plates that floated within the skin that could stop the teeth and claws of most predators.
Further Reading
Further reading- A taxonomic revision of pareiasaurian reptiles: implications for Permian terrestrial paleoecology. – Modern Geology 21:231-298. – M. S. Y. Lee – 1997.
