A photo of the front of the mounted skeleton of the pareiasaurus parareptile, Bradysaurus, on display at the Vienna Museum of Natural History. Shows the skull and front limbs.

Presenting a photo of the herbivorous parareptile, Bradysaurus for this #FossilFriday. This ancient animal lived ~265 Ma in the #Permian & was one of the larger terrestrial tetrapods of its time. Despite the name, it’s not a dinosaur, but a #pareiasaur #parareptile.

#paleontology #science

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