Proburnetia
Appearance
Proburnetia Temporal range: Late Permian
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Life restoration of Proburnetia viatkensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Biarmosuchia |
Family: | †Burnetiidae |
Genus: | †Proburnetia Tatarinov, 1968 |
Species: | †P. viatkensis
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Binomial name | |
†Proburnetia viatkensis Tatarinov, 1968
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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]
Proburnetia had a 20 cm skull, and a total length up to 1.5 m.[2]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/biarmosuchia/proburnetia