Scoloparia

Scoloparia
Temporal range: Triassic,
?Carnian–Norian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: †Procolophonidae
Subfamily: †Leptopleuroninae
Genus: †Scoloparia
Sues and Baird, 1998
Type species
†Scoloparia glyphanodon
Sues and Baird, 1998

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. Like many Triassic procolophonids, Scoloparia has expanded molar-like teeth that indicate that the animal was likely herbivorous.

References

  1. 1 2 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.