Nanictosaurus
| Nanictosaurus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Thrinaxodontidae |
| Genus: | † 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]
See also
References
- ^ J. van Heerden and B. Rubidge. 1990. The affinities of the early cynodont reptile, Nanictosaurus. Palaeontologia africana 27:41-44
