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nycteroleterid

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nycteroleterid (plural nycteroleterids)

  1. (zoology) Any parareptile of the family Nycteroleteridae.
    • 2003, Michael J. Benton, The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, page 83:
      Although Ivakhnenko (1987) suggests that nycteroleterids are closely related to pareiasaurs, a more recent analysis suggests that the two groups are only remotely related (Lee, 1995).