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Nanictosaurus
Taxonomy
Nanictosaurus was named by Broom (1936). Its type is Nanictosaurus kitchingi.
It was synonymized subjectively with Cynosaurus by Hopson and Kitching (1972).
It was assigned to Galesauridae by van Heerden and Rubidge (1990); and to Epicynodontia by Botha et al. (2007).
It was synonymized subjectively with Cynosaurus by Hopson and Kitching (1972).
It was assigned to Galesauridae by van Heerden and Rubidge (1990); and to Epicynodontia by Botha et al. (2007).
Species
N. kitchingi (syn. N. rubidgei, N. robustus) (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1936 | Nanictosaurus Broom |
1990 | Nanictosaurus van Heerden and Rubidge |
2007 | Nanictosaurus Botha et al. |
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G. †Nanictosaurus Broom 1936
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†Nanictosaurus kitchingi Broom 1936
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Invalid names: Nanictosaurus robustus Broom 1940 [synonym], Nanictosaurus rubidgei Broom 1940 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available