Proburnetia
| Proburnetia Temporal range: Late Permian | |
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| Life restoration of Proburnetia viatkensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Biarmosuchia |
| Family: | †Burnetiidae |
| Genus: | †Proburnetia Tatarinov, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| †P. viatkensis Tatarinov, 1968 | |
Proburnetia is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsid in the family Burnetiidae, from the Late Permian of Russia. It had bizarre bumps and protrusions on its skull.[1]
Proburnetia viatkensis.
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.
- ↑ http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/biarmosuchia/proburnetia
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