Nycteroleter

Name: Nycteroleter.
Phonetic: Nyk-ter-o-lee-ter.
Named By: I.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Efremov‭ ‬-‭ ‬1938.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Anapsida,‭ ‬Procolomorpha,‭ ‬Nycteroleteridae,‭ ‬Nycteroleterinae.
Species: N.‭ ‬ineptus‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Unavailable.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Russia.
Time period: Wordian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: At least three skulls.

       Nycteroleter is the type genus of the Nycteroleteridae,‭ ‬and is a procolomorph anapsid that lived in Russia during the Permian.

Further reading
Some New Permian Reptiles of the USSR.‭ ‬Comptes Rendus‭ (‬Doklady‭) ‬de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS‭ ‬19‭(‬9‭)‬:771-776.‭ ‬-‭ ‬I.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Efremov‭ ‬-‭ ‬1938.
-‭ ‬Anatomy of Emeroleter levis and the Phylogeny of the Nycteroleter Parareptiles.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬32‭ (‬1‭)‬:‭ ‬45‭–‬67.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Linda A.‭ ‬Tsuji,‭ ‬Johannes Müller‭ & ‬Robert R.‭ ‬Reisz‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.



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