Burnetiidae
Burnetiidae Temporal range: Middle - Late Permian | |
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Life restoration of Proburnetia viatkensis, a burnetiid from the Late Permian of Russia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Order: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Biarmosuchia |
Clade: | †Burnetiamorpha |
Family: | †Burnetiidae Broom, 1923 |
Burnetiidae is a family of biarmosuchian therapsids that lived in the Permian Period of South Africa and Russia. It contains Bullacephalus, Burnetia, Niuksenitia, Paraburnetia and Proburnetia.[1]
References
- ↑ 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.
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