Proburnetia
Proburnetia Temporal range: Late Permian | |
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Life restoration of Proburnetia viatkensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
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 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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