Proburnetia

Proburnetia
Temporal range: Late Permian
Life restoration of Proburnetia viatkensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Biarmosuchia
Family: Burnetiidae
Genus: Proburnetia
Tatarinov, 1968
Type species
P. viatkensis
Tatarinov, 1968

Proburnetia is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsid in the family Burnetiidae, from the Late Permian of Russia. It had bizarre bumps and protrusions on its skull.[1]

Proburnetia viatkensis.

Proburnetia had a 20 cm skull, and a total length up to 1.5 m.[2]

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