Name: Reiszia
(named after Robert Reishi).
Phonetic: Ry-ze-ah.
Named By: M. F. Ivakhnenko - 2000.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida.
Species: R. gubini, R. tippula.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Russia.
Time period: Mid Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Reiszia is a genus of synapsid that lived in Russia during the Permian.
Further reading
- The
Nikkasauridae-Problematic Primitive Therapsids from the Late Permian of
the Mezen Localities. - Paleontol. J. 34(Suppl. 2), 179–186. - M. F.
Ivakhnenko - 2000.
- Podklass Theromorpha. In M. F. Ivakhnenko and
E. N. Kurochkin (eds.), Iskopaemye pozvonotchnye Rossii i sopredel'nykh
stran: Iskopaemye reptilii i ptitsy, Tchast' 1 [Fossil vertebrates of
Russia and adjacent countries: Fossil reptiles and birds, Part 1]. -
GEOS, Moscow 101-183. - M. F. Ivakhnenko - 2008.