nycteroleterid

English

Noun

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).