Pampaphoneus
| Pampaphoneus Temporal range: Middle Permian, 260 Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
| Family: | †Anteosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Syodontinae |
| Genus: | †Pampaphoneus Cisneros et al., 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Pampaphoneus biccai Cisneros et al., 2012 | |
Pampaphoneus is a genus of dinocephalian from the Middle Permian of Brazil. It is known from a well-preserved skull. The type species is Pampaphoneus biccai.[1][2] Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic placement of Pampaphoneus from Cisneros et al. (2012):
Pampaphoneus biccai was closely related to Australosyodon[3][4]
Chart
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References
- ↑
- ↑ Cisneros, J.C.; Abdala, F.; Atayman-Güven, S.; Rubidge, B.S.; Şengör, A.M.C.; Schultz, C.L. (2012). "Carnivorous dinocephalian from the Middle Permian of Brazil and tetrapod dispersal in Pangaea". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109 (5): 1584–1588. PMC 3277192
. PMID 22307615. doi:10.1073/pnas.1115975109. - ↑ http://iolmobile.co.za/#!/article/sa-scientists-do-their-bit-in-identifying-the-pampas-killer-1.1214144
- ↑ http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/2012/01/17/palaeontologists-find-south-america-s-oldest-predator
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