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DELTAVJATIA
(del-tah-v-yah-te-ah)
Deltavjatia
Named By: Lebedev in 1987
Time Period: Capitanian, 260 Ma [1]
Location: Russia - Urpalov Formation
Size: Up to 1.5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Several individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Procolophonomorpha | Pareiasauridae |
Also known as: | Anthodon chlynoviensis | Anthodon rossicus | Pareiasuchus vjatkensis | Scutosaurus rossicus |
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Deltavjatia was a procolophonid reptile from the Tatarian stage of the Permian time period. It had a large body of about 1.5 m (5 ft) in length. Deltavjatia was an herbivore. Deltavjatia lived in what is now Russia. The first specimen of Deltavjatia was a specimen of a skull and lower mandobile (PIN 2212/1), found in the Urpalov Formation in Kotelnich, Vyatka River.

Deltavjatia was named a subtaxon of Pareiasauridae by M.S.Y. Lee in 1997. It was named Deltavjatia vjatkensis by Hartmann & Weinberg in 1937. Pareiasuchus vjatkensis is the alternative combination of Deltavjatia vjatkensis. Deltavjatia vjatkensis was also named Anthodon rossicus by Hartmann & Weinberg in 1937.

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