Admetophoneus

Admetophoneus is a dubious genus of non-mammalian synapsid from Russia. Its type and only species is Admetophoneus kargalensis.

Admetophoneus
Temporal range: Middle Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: †Dinocephalia
Genus: †Admetophoneus
Efremov, 1954
Species:
†A. kargalensis
Binomial name
†Admetophoneus kargalensis
Efremov, 1954

History

Admetophoneus was named by the Russian paleontologist Ivan Efremov in 1954, based on some teeth, a fragmentary maxilla, and a humerus.[1]:260 It was originally classified as a member of Brithopodidae.[1]:235–236 Later, it was classified in Phthinosuchidae.[2]:984–985 Recent study, however, has shown that it is a member of Anteosauria, but lacks diagnostic features.[3]:287 It is essentially identical to the contemporaneous Titanophoneus, and could be synonymous with it, but its poor preservation means that it cannot be proven.

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See also

References
  1. Efremov, I. A. (1954). Фауна наземных позвоночных в пермских медистых песчаниках западного Приуралья [The terrestrial vertebrate fauna from the Permian copper sandstones of the western Fore-Urals]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR (in Russian). 54.
  2. Ivakhnenko, M. F. (2008). "Cranial morphology and evolution of Permian Dinomorpha (Eotherapsida) of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal. 42 (9). doi:10.1134/S0031030108090013.
  3. Kammerer, Christian F. (2011). "Systematics of the Anteosauria (Therapsida: Dinocephalia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 9 (2): 261–304. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.492645.


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