Tambacarnifex (meaning "Tambach butcher") is an extinct genus of varanodontine synapsids known from the Early Permian Tambach Formation of Free State of Thuringia, central Germany. It was first named by David S. Berman, Amy C. Henrici, Stuart S. Sumida, Thomas Martens and Valerie Pelletier in 2013 and the type species is Tambacarnifex unguifalcatus.[1]

Tambacarnifex
Temporal range: Artinskian
~290–284 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Family: Varanopidae
Subfamily: Varanopinae
Genus: Tambacarnifex
Berman et al., 2013
Type species
Tambacarnifex unguifalcatus
Berman et al., 2013

Below is a simplified version of the cladogram found by Berman et al., 2013.[1]

Varanopidae

References

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  1. ^ a b David S. Berman; Amy C. Henrici; Stuart S. Sumida; Thomas Martens; Valerie Pelletier (2014). "First European record of a varanodontine (Synapsida: Varanopidae): member of a unique Early Permian upland paleoecosystem, Tambach Basin, central Germany". In Christian F. Kammerer; Kenneth D. Angielczyk; Jörg Fröbisch (eds.). Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer. pp. 69–86. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6841-3_5. ISBN 978-94-007-6840-6.