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#REDIRECT [[Pareiasaurus]]
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{{Taxobox
|name = ''Pareiasuchus''
|fossil_range = {{fossil_range|285|255|[[Permian]]<ref name = PBDB>[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl The Paleobiology Database]</ref>}}
|domain = [[Eukarya]]
|regnum = [[Animalia]]
|phylum = [[Chordata]]
|subphylum = [[Vertebrata]]
|unranked_classis = [[Sauropsida]]
|classis = [[Reptilia]]
|subclassis = [[Anapsida]]
|ordo = [[Procolophonia]]
|familia = [[Pareiasauridae]]
|genus = '''''Pareiasuchus''''' <small>Broom & Haughton, 1913</small><ref name = PBDB/>
|subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
|subdivision =
*''P. peringueyi'' (type) <ref name = PBDB/>
*''P. nasicornis'' <ref name = PBDB/>
}}

'''''Pareiasuchus''''' was a [[Procolophonia|procolophonid]] from the [[Permian]] time period. It lived in [[South Africa]] and [[Zambia]].<ref name = PBDB/>

==Ecology==
''Pareiasuchus'' was an herbivore.<ref name = PBDB/>

==Classification==
''Pareiasuchus'' was named a [[pareiasaur]] by M.S.Y. Lee in 1997.<ref name = PBDB/>
===Scientific classification===
(See box on right)
===Relatives===
{{Main|Pareiasauridae}}
* ''[[Arganaceras]]''
* ''[[Bradysaurus]]''
* ''[[Deltavjatia]]''
* ''[[Elginia]]''
* ''[[Embrithosaurus]]''
* ''[[Nanopareia]]''
* ''[[Nochelesaurus]]''
* ''[[Pareiasaurus]]''
* ''[[Scutosaurus]]''
* ''[[Shihtienfenia]]''
* ''[[Velosauria]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.jstor.org/pss/30058404 www.jstor.org]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Portal|Paleontology}}

[[Category:Pareiasaurs]]
[[Category:Permian reptiles]]
[[Category:Prehistoric reptiles of Africa]]


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