Proburnetia

Proburnetia
Temporal range: Late Permian
Skull of Proburnetia viatkensis at the Paleontological Museum of Moscow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Life restoration

Proburnetia is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids in the family Burnetiidae, from the Late Permian of Russia. The holotype specimen is preserved as a natural mould. It had bizarre bumps and protrusions on its skull, as is commonly found among burnetiamorph biarmosuchians.

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. S2CID 86207308. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-16. Retrieved 2012-02-12.