| Provelosaurus Temporal range: Capitanian
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| Genus: | Provelosaurus Lee, 1997
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| †Pareiasaurus americanus Araújo, 1985
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Provelosaurus is an extinct Pareiasaur genus of the Late Permian found on the road between Aceguá and Bagé in the Paleorrota, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Found in the Rio do Rasto Formation, aged about 260 million years.[1] The holotype specimen found measures 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) in length.[2]
- ^ http://www.ufrgs.br/geociencias/paleo/pareiassauro2.html Museu da UFRGS
- ^ Juan C. Cisneros, Paula Dentzien-Dias and Heitor Francischini. 2021. "The Brazilian Pareiasaur Revisited". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution