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Nitosaurus

Pelycosauria

Taxonomy
Nitosaurus was named by Romer (1937).

It was assigned to Pelycosauria by Reisz (1986); and to Pelycosauria by Carroll (1988).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Nitosaurus Romer p. 93
1986Nitosaurus Reisz
1988Nitosaurus Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
orderPelycosauria
genusNitosaurus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Nitosaurus Romer 1937
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Nitosaurus jacksonorum Romer 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available