Burnetiidae

Burnetiidae is an extinct family of biarmosuchian therapsids that lived in the Permian period of South Africa and Russia. It contains Bullacephalus, Burnetia, Niuksenitia, Paraburnetia and Proburnetia.[1]

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

References

  1. 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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