Scoloparia

Scoloparia
Temporal range: Triassic,
?Carnian–Norian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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] Like many Triassic procolophonids, Scoloparia has expanded molar-like teeth that indicate that the animal was likely herbivorous.[3]

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. Bibcode:1998JVPal..18..525S. 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. Bibcode:2008JSPal...6..345C. doi:10.1017/S1477201907002350. S2CID 84468714.
  3. ^ Jenkins, Kelsey M.; Bhullar, Bhart-Anjan S. (2022-04-21). "Tooth Implantation and Attachment in Scoloparia glyphanodon (Parareptilia: Procolophonidae)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 63 (1). doi:10.3374/014.063.0103. ISSN 0079-032X. S2CID 248300836.


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