Protorosaurus

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Protorosaurus

Protorosaurus ("first lizard") , a lizard-like reptile

Reptile

Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia, are air-breathing, cold-blooded vertebrates that have skin covered in scale as opposed to hair or feathers....
of the order Prolacertiformes

Prolacertiformes

Prolacertiformes were an order of archosauromorpha reptiles that lived during the Permian and Triassic Periods. Many species seem to have been adapted for an arboreal lifestyle, including the "delta-winged glider" Sharovipteryx, while others, such as Tanystropheus, had extremely long, stiffened necks , and may have been at least part...
, is the earliest known archosauromorph. It lived during the Late Permian

Permian

The PermianThe term "Permian" was introduced into geology in 1841 by Sir Roderick Murchison, president of the Geological Society of London, who identified typical strata in extensive Russian explorations undertaken with Edouard de Verneuil; Murchison asserted in 1841 that he named his "Permian system" after the ancient kingdom...
period in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, and grew up to 2 meters (6 feet) in length.

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Protorosaurus ("first lizard") , a lizard-like reptile

Reptile

Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia, are air-breathing, cold-blooded vertebrates that have skin covered in scale as opposed to hair or feathers....
of the order Prolacertiformes

Prolacertiformes

Permian

Germany

Lawrence Lambe

Lawrence Morris Lambe was a Geology and Palaeontology from the Geological Survey of Canada . He was Canada's first great geologist. His published work, describing the diverse and plentiful dinosaur discoveries from the fossil beds in Alberta, did much to bring dinosaurs into the public eye and helped usher in the Golden Age of Dinosaurs...
was again given the name Protorosaurus (in this sense meaning "before Torosaurus
Torosaurus

Torosaurus was a genus of Ceratopsidae dinosaur. It had one of the largest skulls of any land animal known, reaching 2.6 metre in length....
"). When Lambe found that the name had already been used for the early archosauromorph, he re-named his ceratopsian to Chasmosaurus
Chasmosaurus

Chasmosaurus is a genus of Ceratopsidae dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Period of North America. Its name means 'opening lizard', referring to the large openings in its frill ....
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In Geopark

Geopark

A Geopark is defined by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in its UNESCO Geoparks International Network of Geoparks programme as follows:...
of Paleorrota

Paleorrota

Paleorrota , is a geopark located in the center of the state of the Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, along which are found Triassic rocks and fossils, from a time when there was only the continent Pangaea....
, Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul

is the southernmost States of Brazil of Brazil, and the State with the fourth highest Human Development Index . In Rio Grande do Sul is the most southern city of the country, Chu?, on Uruguayan border....
, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
, were found 3 vertebrae and some bones of the animal.