Pachydectes

Pachydectes
Temporal range: Middle Permian
Pachydectes (above) and other burnetiamorphs
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Biarmosuchia
Family: Burnetiidae
Genus: Pachydectes
Rubidge et al., 2006
Type species
P. elsi
Rubidge et al., 2006

Pachydectes is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsid from the Middle Permian of South Africa.[1]

References

  1. Rubidge, B.S.; Sidor, C.A.; Modesto, S.P. (2006). "A new burnetiamorph (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Middle Permian of South Africa". Journal of Paleontology 80 (4): 740–749. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[740:ANBTBF]2.0.CO;2.
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