Named By: | Lee in 1997 |
Time Period: | Capitanian~260 Ma |
Location: | Brazil - Rio do Rasto Formation |
Size: | Up to 2.5 meters long |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Skull and post cranial skeletal remains form at least 4 individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Procolophonomorpha | Pareiasauridae | Pumiliopareiasauria | |
Also known as: | | Pareiasaurus americanus | |
Provelosaurus is an extinct Pareiasaur genus of the Late Permian found on the road between Acegua and Bage in the Paleorrota, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Found in the Rio do Rasto Formation, aged about 260 million years. The specimen found measures 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) in length.