Rhipaeosaurus

Rhi-pay-e-o-sore-us.
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Cassidy Wood

Paleoentomologist

Cassidy Wood uncovers the tiny yet significant world of prehistoric insects. Her research on amber-preserved specimens has revealed intricate details about ancient ecosystems.

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Name

Rhipaeosaurus (Rhipaeos lizard).

Phonetic

Rhi-pay-e-o-sore-us.

Named By

I.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Efremov‭ ‬-‭ ‬1940.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Parareptilia,‭ ‬Procolophonomorpha.

Diet

Unavailable.

Species

R.‭ ‬tricuspidens‭

Size

Uncertain,‭ ‬but at least one meter long.

Known locations

Russia- Ural Mountains.

Time Period

Kungurian/Roadian of the Permian.

Fossil representation

Almost complete and articulated skeleton.

In Depth

       A procolophonomorph parareptile from Russia,‭ ‬Rhipaeosaurus lived during the Mid Permian. Rhipaeosaurus was originally placed within its own group the Rhipaeosauridae,‭ ‬though later analysis seems to place Rhipaeosaurus somewhere between being a nycteroleterid to a basal pareiasaur.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬New Discoveries of Permian Terrestrial Vertebrates in Bashkiria and the Tchkalov Province.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Comptes Rendus‭ (‬Doklady‭) ‬de l’Acad�mie des Sciences de l’URSS‭ ‬27‭(‬4‭)‬:412-415.‭ ‬-‭ ‬I.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Efremov‭ ‬-‭ ‬1940. -‭ ‬Kotilosavry Shikhovo-Chirkovskogo Mestonakhozhdeniya‭ [‬Cotylosaurs from the Shikhovo-Chirki Locality‭]‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR‭ ‬103‭(‬5‭)‬:913-916.‭ ‬-‭ ‬P.‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Chudinov‭ ‬-‭ ‬1955. -‭ ‬Anatomy of Emeroleter levis and the phylogeny of the nycteroleter parareptiles.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.‭ ‬32‭ (‬1‭)‬:‭ ‬45‭–‬67.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Linda A.‭ ‬Tsuji,‭ ‬Johannes M�ller‭ & ‬Robert R.‭ ‬Reisz‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.

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