Name
Sauropareion (lizard cheek).
Phonetic
Sore-op-ar-e-on.
Named By
Sean P. Modesto, Hans-Dieter Sues & Ross J. Damiani - 2001.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Procolophonomorpha, Procolophonidae.
Diet
Insectivore?
Species
S. anoplus
Size
About 30 centimetres long.
Known locations
South Africa.
Time Period
Induan of the Triassic.
Fossil representation
At least two individuals including skulls and almost complete postcranial remains.
Sauropareion is a genus of small procolophonid reptile that lived in South Africa at the start of the Triassic period.
- A new Triassic procolophonoid reptile and its implications for procolophonoid survivorship during the Permo-Triassic extinction event. - Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 268 (1480): 2047–2052. - Sean P. Modesto, Hans-Dieter Sues & Ross J. Damiani - 2001.
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