Velosauria

Velosauria
Temporal range: 260–252 Ma
Arganaceras
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Parareptilia
Order: Procolophonomorpha
Clade: Pareiasauria
Clade: Velosauria
Lee, 1994[1]
Subgroups

Velosauria is a group of pareiasaur reptiles that existed in the late Permian period. They ranged in size from the 50-centimeter-long Pumiliopareia to the 3-meter-long Scutosaurus. Velosaurs were some of the largest reptiles of their time.

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