Nikkasauridae

Nikkasauridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Suborder:	† Biarmosuchia
Family:	† Nikkasauridae ; Ivakhnenko, 2000
Genera
	† Nikkasaurus ; † Reiszia ;

Last updated September 24, 2025

Nikkasauridae is a family of biarmosuchian therapsids. It contains two genera: Nikkasaurus and Reiszia .^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ M. F. Ivakhnenko, 2000. The Nikkasauridae-Problematic Primitive Therapsids from the Late Permian of the Mezen Localities. Paleontol. J. 34(Suppl. 2), 179–186.
↑ M. F. Ivakhnenko. 2008. Podklass Ophiacomorpha. In M. F. Ivakhnenko and E. N. Kurochkin (eds.), Iskopaemye pozvonotchnye Rossii i sopredel'nykh stran: Iskopaemye reptilii i ptitsy, Tchast' 1 [Fossil vertebrates of Russia and adjacent countries: Fossil reptiles and birds, Part 1], GEOS, Moscow 95-100
↑ Kemp, Thomas Stainforth (2005). The Origin and Evolution of Mammals. ISBN 0-19-850760-7.

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[1] M. F. Ivakhnenko, 2000. The Nikkasauridae-Problematic Primitive Therapsids from the Late Permian of the Mezen Localities. Paleontol. J. 34(Suppl. 2), 179–186.

[2] M. F. Ivakhnenko. 2008. Podklass Ophiacomorpha. In M. F. Ivakhnenko and E. N. Kurochkin (eds.), Iskopaemye pozvonotchnye Rossii i sopredel'nykh stran: Iskopaemye reptilii i ptitsy, Tchast' 1 [Fossil vertebrates of Russia and adjacent countries: Fossil reptiles and birds, Part 1], GEOS, Moscow 95-100

[3] Kemp, Thomas Stainforth (2005). The Origin and Evolution of Mammals. ISBN 0-19-850760-7.

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