Scoloparia

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Scoloparia
Temporal range: Triassic,
?Carnian–Norian
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Parareptilia
Order: Procolophonomorpha
Family: Procolophonidae
Subfamily: Leptopleuroninae
Genus: Scoloparia
Sues and Baird, 1998[1]
Type species
Scoloparia glyphanodon
Sues and Baird, 1998[1]

Scoloparia is an extinct genus of procolophonid parareptile from the Triassic of Canada. Fossils have been found in the Early Triassic to Norian-age Wolfville Formation in Nova Scotia, Canada.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Sues, Hans-Dieter; Baird, Donald (1998). "Procolophonidae (Reptilia: Parareptilia) from the Upper Triassic Wolfville Formation of Nova Scotia, Canada". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 18 (3): 525–532. doi:10.1080/02724634.1998.10011079.
  2. ^ Cisneros, J. C. (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of procolophonid parareptiles with remarks on their geological record". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 6 (3): 345–366. doi:10.1017/S1477201907002350. S2CID 84468714.


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