AGE:
Late Permian, Zone IV, 245 million years ago

SIZE:
Skeleton about 3 metres long

MEANING OF NAME:
'Shield Reptile'

PRONUNCIATON:
Skew-toe-SAWR-us

CLASSIFICATION:
PARAREPTILIA: Pareiasauroidea; Pareiasauridae

Skeleton of a herbivorous scutosaur, a primitive reptile. Several skeletons of this large animal were found together in a flood channel sand deposit by Prof. V. P. Amalitzky.