Nanictosaurus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Family: | † Thrinaxodontidae |
Genus: | † Nanictosaurus Broom, 1936 |
Type species | |
† Nanictosaurus kitchingi Broom, 1936 | |
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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]