Parasaurus

Parasaurus; Temporal range: Wuchiapingian, 258.9–255.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Restoration
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	†Parareptilia
Order:	†Procolophonomorpha
Clade:	†Pareiasauria
Family:	†Pareiasauridae
Genus:	†Parasaurus; von Meyer, 1857
Type species
	†Parasaurus geinitzi; von Meyer, 1857

Parasaurus (meaning "near lizard") is a genus of pareiasaur known from fossils collected in the Kupferschiefer in Germany (Hesse, Thuringia and Lower Saxony), dating to the Late Permian (Wuchiapingian). The type species, Parasaurus geinitzi, described by Hermann von Meyer in 1857,^[1] was the first pareiasaur ever described.^[2] The seven known specimens were redescribed in 2008.^[2]

^ Cite error: The named reference Meyer57 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b L. A. Tsuji and J. Müller. (2008). A Re-evaluation of Parasaurus geinitzi, the first named pareiasaur (Amniota, Parareptilia). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 45(10):1111-1121

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[tsuji2008-2] L. A. Tsuji and J. Müller. (2008). A Re-evaluation of Parasaurus geinitzi, the first named pareiasaur (Amniota, Parareptilia). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 45(10):1111-1121

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