Proburnetia is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids in the family Burnetiidae, from the Late Permian of Russia. It had bizarre bumps and protrusions on its skull.[1]
| Proburnetia Temporal range: Late Permian
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| Life restoration of Proburnetia viatkensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Biarmosuchia |
| Family: | †Burnetiidae |
| Genus: | †Proburnetia Tatarinov, 1968 |
| Species: | †P. viatkensis
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| †Proburnetia viatkensis Tatarinov, 1968
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Proburnetia had a 20 cm skull, and a total length up to 1.5 m.[2]
References edit
- ^ Rubidge, B.S.; Sidor, C.A. (2002). "On the cranial morphology of the basal therapsids Burnetia and Proburnetia (Therapsida: Burnetiidae)" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (2): 257–267. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0257:OTCMOT]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86207308. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-16. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ^ "Velociraptor - Facts and Pictures". 6 January 2016.
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