Nitosaurus

Name: Nitosaurus.
Phonetic: Ny-to-sor-us.
Named By: A.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Romer‭ ‬-‭ ‬1937.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Pelycosauria.
Species: N.‭ ‬jacksonorum‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Unavailable.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: USA,‭ ‬New Mexico‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cutler Formation.
Time period: Gzhelian of the Carboniferous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Nitosaurus is a genus of pelycosaur that lived in North America during the late Carboniferous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬New genera and species of pelycosaurian reptiles.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Proceedings of the New England Zo�logical Club‭ ‬16:89-95.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Romer‭ ‬-‭ ‬1937.

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