Palaeohatteria

Pay-le-o-hat-ter-re-ah.
By Harper Gray
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Gray, H. (2013, June 21). Palaeohatteria. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/palaeohatteria/

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Name

Palaeohatteria.

Phonetic

Pay-le-o-hat-ter-re-ah.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Pelycosauria,‭ ‬Sphenacodontia.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

P.‭ ‬longicaudata‭

Size

Known specimens up to‭ ‬60‭ ‬centimetres long,‭ ‬but fully grown adults may have grown larger.

Known locations

Germany.

Time Period

Sakmarian of the Permian.

Fossil representation

Skull and partial post cranial remains of juvenile individuals.

In Depth

       Palaeohatteria is a genus of sphenacodont pelycosaur that lived in Germany during the early Permian.‭ ‬So far however Palaeohatteria is only known by immature individuals.‭ ‬At times Palaeohatteria has been considered to be synonymous with the genus Haptodus,‭ ‬however some researchers continue to list Palaeohatteria as a distinct genus.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Die Stegocephalen und Saurier aus dem Rothliegenden des Plauen’schen Grundes bei Dresden.‭ ‬VII Theil:‭ ‬Palaeohatteria longicaudata Cred.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft‭ ‬40:‭ ‬490‭–‬558.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Carl Friedrich Heinrich Credner‭ ‬-‭ ‬1888. -‭ ‬Palaeohatteria Credner and the Proganosauria.‭ ‬-‭ ‬American Journal of Science.‭ ‬Series‭ ‬3‭ ‬37:‭ ‬310‭–‬313.‭ ‬-‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Baur‭ ‬-‭ ‬1889.

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