| Diasparactus Temporal range: Early Permian,
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| Skeleton of Diasparactus zenos in the Field Museum of Natural History. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Reptiliomorpha |
| Order: | †Diadectomorpha |
| Family: | †Diadectidae |
| Genus: | †Diasparactus Case, 1910 |
| Type species | |
| †Diasparactus zenos | |
Diasparactus is an extinct genus of diadectid reptiliomorphs, a group quite closely related to the amniotes, and paralleling some of their features. Like all advanced diadectids, Diasparactus was a herbivore, though not as large as its more well known relative Diadectes.
In Diasparactus, the spines of the dorsal vertebrae are higher than in other genera in the family.[1]
- ^ A Description of a nearly complete skeleton of Diasparactus zenos Case Permo-Carboniferous Vertebrates from New Mexico, p17-35. Retrieved 2011-09-11.