Pareiasauromorphs Temporal range: Middle to Latest Permian,
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Artist's restoration of Pareiasaurus serridens (Pareiasauria) | |
Life restoration of Macroleter (Nycteroleteridae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | †Parareptilia |
Order: | †Procolophonomorpha |
Node: | †Ankyramorpha |
Suborder: | †Procolophonia |
Clade: | †Pareiasauromorpha Tsuji, 2011[1] |
Subgroups[2] | |
Family Nycteroleteridae |
Pareiasauromorpha is a group of parareptilian amniotes from the Permian. It includes genera found all over the world, with many genera from Asia and South Africa. The clade was first used as a group by Linda A. Tsuji in 2011, in order to group the family Nycteroleteridae (nycteroleters) and the superfamily Pareiasauroidea (pareiasaurs). Pareiasauromorpha is considered to be a monophyletic node, the sister group to procolophonoids.