Reiszia

Extinct genus of therapsids

Reiszia
Temporal range: middle Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Biarmosuchia
Family: Nikkasauridae
Genus: Reiszia
Species
  • Reiszia gubini Ivakhnenko, 2000
  • Reiszia tippula Ivakhnenko, 2000

Reiszia is an extinct genus of therapsids from European Russia belonging to the family Nikkasauridae.

Taxonomy

Two species are known, Reiszia gubini and R. tippula, both found in middle Permian sediments in the Mezen River Basin of European Russia. R. gubini is known from a partial skull and mandible, while R. tippula is known only from a mandible.[1][2]

See also

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  • List of therapsids

References

  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 Theromorpha. 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 101-183
  • Kemp, Thomas Stainforth (2005). The Origin and Evolution of Mammals. ISBN 0-19-850760-7.
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Synapsida
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Superclass: Tetrapoda
  • Clade: Amniota
Tetrapodomorpha
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Reptiliomorpha
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Synapsida
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Caseasauria?
Eothyrididae
Caseidae
Varanopidae?
Mesenosaurinae
Varanodontinae
Metopophora
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Incertae sedis
Ennatosaurus tecton Varanodon agilis
Ophiacodontidae
Edaphosauridae
Palaeohatteriidae
Sphenacodontoidea
Sphenacodontidae
Therapsida
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Clepsydrops colletii

Gordodon kraineri

Secodontosaurus obtusidens
Biarmosuchia
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Dinocephalia
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Anomodontia
Gorgonopsia
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Eutheriodontia
Therocephalia
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Cynodontia
Incertae sedis
Raranimus dashankouensis
Taxon identifiers
Reiszia


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