Nanictosaurus

Nanictosaurus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Thrinaxodontidae
Genus: Nanictosaurus
Broom, 1936
Type species
Nanictosaurus kitchingi
Broom, 1936
Synonyms
  • N. robustus (Broom, 1940)
  • N. rubidgei (Broom, 1940)

Nanictosaurus is an extinct genus of thrinaxodontid cynodont from the Permian of what is today South Africa. Multiple species have been named, but a review of their anatomy in 1991 determined that only the type species, N. kitchingi is valid.