Burnetiidae

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Burnetiidae
Temporal range: Middle - Late Permian
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Life restoration of Proburnetia viatkensis , a burnetiid from the Late Permian of Russia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Biarmosuchia
Clade: Burnetiamorpha
Family: Burnetiidae
Broom, 1923
Subgroups
Burnetia mirabilis head Burnetia mirabilisDB.jpg
Burnetia mirabilis head

Burnetiidae is an extinct family of biarmosuchian therapsids that lived in the Permian period whose fossils are found in South Africa, Zambia and Russia. It contains Bondoceras , Bullacephalus , Burnetia , Mobaceras , Niuksenitia , Paraburnetia and Proburnetia . [1] [2]

References

  1. Kammerer, C. F.; Sidor, C. A. (2021). "A new burnetiid from the middle Permian of Zambia and a reanalysis of burnetiamorph relationships". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (3): 1261–1295. doi:10.1002/spp2.1341. ISSN   2056-2802. S2CID   232063704.
  2. Smith, R. M. H.; Rubidge, B. S.; Sidor, C. A. (2006). "A new burnetiid (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Upper Permian of South Africa and its biogeographic implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (2): 331–343. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[331:ANBTBF]2.0.CO;2. S2CID   86367955.