Reiszia
Extinct genus of therapsids
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Reiszia is an extinct genus of therapsids from European Russia belonging to the family Nikkasauridae.
| Reiszia Temporal range: middle Permian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Biarmosuchia |
| Family: | †Nikkasauridae |
| Genus: | †Reiszia |
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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]
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