AGE:
Late Permian about 255 million years ago

SIZE:
1 to 3 metres in length

MEANING OF NAME:
'from the VYAAKTA river'

PRONUNCIATION:
Del-ta-vee-at-ya vee-at-ken-sis

CLASSIFICATION:
Para-reptilia; Pareiasauridae

The biggest parareptile we have dug up is a pareiasaur from Russia. It is about as big as a cow and is about 255 million years old. Its scientific name is Deltavyatka vjatkensis.