Scutosaurus
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Scutosaurus , live reconstruction |
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| Upper Perm | ||||||||||||
| 260 to 251 million years | ||||||||||||
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| Scutosaurus | ||||||||||||
| Hartmann-Weinberg , 1930 |
Scutosaurus (Greek: "shield lizard") was a genus of Pareiasaurs , the fossils of which were found in the Upper Permian of Russia.
It reached a length of about two meters, like other Pareiasaurs, it had a massive bone structure and short, thick legs. The skull ornamentation, which is also typical for Pareiasaurs, was well developed, including rough ridges on the bone surface. The body was covered by osteoderms (bone plates) in loose transverse rows. The structure of the teeth suggests that it was herbivorous.
Scutosaurus achieved a certain fame through his appearances in the documentary " The Ancestors of the Saurians " and in the series " Primeval - Return of the Primeval Monsters ".
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- Wolfgang Böhme , Martin Sanders: Pareiasauridae. In: Wilfried Westheide , Reinhard Rieger : Special Zoology. Part 2: vertebrates or skulls. Spectrum - Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg et al. 2004, ISBN 3-8274-0900-4 , p. 344.
- The Paleobiology Database: Scutosaurus
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