Nanictosaurus

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Nanictosaurus
Temporal range: Norian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Thrinaxodontidae
Genus: Nanictosaurus
Broom, 1936
Type species
Nanictosaurus kitchingi
Broom, 1936
Synonyms
  • N. robustus(Broom, 1940)
  • N. rubidgei(Broom, 1940)

Nanictosaurus is an extinct genus of thrinaxodontid cynodont from the Permian of what is today South Africa. Multiple species have been named, but a review of their anatomy in 1991 determined that only the type species, N. kitchingi is valid. [1]

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References

  1. J. van Heerden and B. Rubidge. 1990. The affinities of the early cynodont reptile, Nanictosaurus. Palaeontologia africana 27:41-44