Adult and juvenile skulls of Macroleter (=Tokosaurus)
Life restoration of Emeroleter
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Clade:
†Parareptilia
Order:
†Procolophonomorpha
Clade:
†Pareiasauromorpha
Family:
†Nycteroleteridae Romer, 1956
Genera[1]
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Nycteroleteridae is a family of procolophonian parareptilians (extinct early reptiles) from the Middle to Late Permian of Russia and North America. They are sometimes classified as a sister group to pareiasaurids (but see Classification). The group includes the genera Macroleter, Bashkyroleter, "Bashkyroleter" mesensis, Nycteroleter, Emeroleter, and probably Rhipaeosaurus. They were carnivorous, and occasionally ate insects.[1] The group was most common in European Russia, with only a few fossils in North America. One fossil has also been found in Africa, but this is the only one from Gondwana.[2]
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Nycteroleteridae is a family of procolophonian parareptilians (extinct early reptiles) from the Middle to Late Permian of Russia and North America. They...
Bolosauridae † Family Procolophonidae † Order Pareiasauromorpha Family Nycteroleteridae † Family Pareiasauridae † (Subclass) Clade Eureptilia Family Captorhinidae...
as a group by Linda A. Tsuji in 2011, in order to group the family Nycteroleteridae (nycteroleters) and the superfamily Pareiasauroidea (pareiasaurs)....
analyses of 2012, smaller groups like Rhipaeosauridae (now a synonym of Nycteroleteridae) and Sclerosauridae are classified with the pareiasaurs and with the...
(2024). "Cranial anatomy of Emeroleter levis and the phylogeny of Nycteroleteridae". PLOS ONE. 19 (4). e0298216. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0298216. PMC 11057731...
Permian of European Russia. It was a long-legged lizard-like small animal with a length about 30 cm. "Palaeos Vertebrates Anapsida: Nycteroleteridae". v t e...
were first found in the Mezen River, near to Arkhangelsk. Within the Nycteroleteridae, it is considered most closely related to Emeroleter. However, its...
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