Pareiasauromorpha

Pareiasauromorphs
Temporal range: Middle to Latest Permian, 265–252 Ma
Artist's restoration of Pareiasaurus serridens (Pareiasauria)
Life restoration of Macroleter (Nycteroleteridae)
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Superfamily Pareiasauroidea

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.

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