Burnetiamorpha

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Burnetiamorpha
Temporal range: Middle Permian - Late Permian,265–252  Ma
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Heads of different burnetiamorphs : Pachydectes , Lophorhinus , Bullacephalus , Lobalopex , Lemurosaurus and Lende .
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder:† Biarmosuchia
Clade:† Burnetiamorpha
Broom, 1923
Subgroups

Burnetiamorpha is a clade of biarmosuchian therapsids. Burnetiamorphs are the most derived biarmosuchians. The name Burnetiamorpha has been in use since South African paleontologist Robert Broom erected the group in 1923, but it has recently been put to use in phylogenetic classification as a clade including Burnetiidae and its closest relatives, including Lemurosaurus , Lophorhinus , and Lobalopex .

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram modified from Sidor and Smith (2007) showing the phylogenetic position of Burnetiamorpha among biarmosuchians: [1]

Biarmosuchia

References

  1. ↑ Sidor, C.A.; Smith, R.M.H. (2007). "A second burnetiamorph therapsid from the Permian Teekloof Formation of South Africa and its associated fauna". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (2): 420–430. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[420:ASBTFT]2.0.CO;2.


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