Pareiasaurus

Pareiasaurus Temporal range: Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian, 260–252 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cast of distorted skull of juvenile P. serridens collected in February 1946 by James W. Kitching
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	†Parareptilia
Order:	†Procolophonomorpha
Clade:	†Pareiasauria
Genus:	†Pareiasaurus Owen, 1876
Type species
†Pareiasaurus serridens Owen, 1876
Species
†P. nasicornis Haughton and Boonstra, 1929 †P. peringueyi Haughton and Boonstra, 1929 †P. serridens Owen, 1876
Synonyms
Anthodon gregoryi Broom, 1930 Anthodon nesemanni Broom, 1940 Brachypareia rogersi Broom, 1912 Bradysaurus rogersi Broom, 1912 Pareiasaurus minor Seeley, 1892 Pareiasaurus omocratus Seeley, 1888 Pareiasaurus pinnatus Olson & Broom, 1937 Pareiasaurus pulcher Broom, 1935 Pareiasaurus rubidgei Broom, 1940 Pareiasuchus nasicornis Haughton & Boonstra, 1929 Pareiasuchus peringueyi Broom & Haughton, 1913 Propappus omocratus Seeley, 1888 Propappus serridens Owen, 1876 Propappus rogersi Broom, 1912

Pareiasaurus (from Greek: pareia, "cheek" and Greek: sauros, "lizard")^[1] is an extinct genus of pareiasauromorph reptile from the Permian period. It was a typical member of its family, the pareiasaurids, which take their name from this genus.

Fossils have been found in the Beaufort Group.^[2]