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Proburnetia

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Proburnetia
Temporal range: Late Permian
Life restoration of Proburnetia viatkensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Biarmosuchia
Family: Burnetiidae
Genus: Proburnetia
Tatarinov, 1968
Species:
P. viatkensis
Binomial name
Proburnetia viatkensis
Tatarinov, 1968

Proburnetia is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids in the family Burnetiidae, from the Late Permian of Russia. It had bizarre bumps and protrusions on its skull.[1]

Restoration of P. viatkensis.

Proburnetia had a 20 cm skull, and a total length up to 1.5 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Rubidge, B.S.; Sidor, C.A. (2002). "On the cranial morphology of the basal therapsids Burnetia and Proburnetia (Therapsida: Burnetiidae)" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (2): 257–267. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0257:OTCMOT]2.0.CO;2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-16. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  2. ^ http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/biarmosuchia/proburnetia