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.
| Burnetiamorpha Temporal range: Middle Permian - Late Permian,
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| Heads of different burnetiamorphs : Pachydectes, Lophorhinus, Bullacephalus, Lobalopex, Lemurosaurus and Lende. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Biarmosuchia |
| Clade: | †Burnetiamorpha Broom, 1923 |
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Phylogeny edit
Below is a cladogram modified from Sidor and Smith (2007) showing the phylogenetic position of Burnetiamorpha among biarmosuchians:[1]
References edit
- ^ 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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