Scutosaurus karpinskii Parareptilia: Pareiasaurida: Pareiasaurina: Pareiasauridae Locality: Sokolki, Malaya Severnaya Dvina River, Arkhangelsk Region, northern European Russia Age: Late Permian, 250 million years ago  Parareptilia: Pareiasaurida: Pareiasaurina: Pareiasauridae Locality: Sokolki, Malaya Severnaya Dvina River, Arkhangelsk Region, northern European Russia Age: Late Permian, 250 million years ago At the end of the Late Permian what it was now East Europe was infused by newcomers from the south. The fauna of East Europe and Gondwana became very similar in their components. The climate became hotter and dryer, resulting in the disappearance of the extensive brackish lakes. One of the most characteristic land tetrapods of that time was the huge parareptile
Scutosaurus of the family Pareiasauridae. These animals dwelt in numbers in small
fresh-water basins, feeding on floating vegetation. Their flat teeth with serrated edges
were adapted to filter the water when feeding. The thick leather in Scutosaurus, like in
amphibians, had numerous glands.
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