Nikkasauridae is a family of

biarmosuchian Biarmosuchia is an extinct clade of non-mammalian synapsids from the Permian. Biarmosuchians are the most basal group of the therapsids. They were moderately-sized, lightly built carnivores, intermediate in form between basal sphenacodont "pelyc ...

therapsids. It contains two

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

Nikkasaurus ''Nikkasaurus'' is an extinct genus of therapsids first named and described by Ivakhnenko. Description ''Nikkasaurus'', named after Russian paleontologist Nikolay Kalandadze, was a small therapsid, with a skull about 5 cm long. The eyes h ...

'' and '' Reiszia''.Kemp, Thomas Stainforth (2005). ''The Origin and Evolution of Mammals''. .

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Biarmosuchia Prehistoric therapsid families {{paleo-therapsid-stub