Proburnetia
Extinct genus of therapsids
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Proburnetia is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids in the family Burnetiidae, from the Late Permian of Russia. The holotype specimen is preserved as a natural mould. It had bizarre bumps and protrusions on its skull, as is commonly found among burnetiamorph biarmosuchians.[1]
| Proburnetia Temporal range: Late Permian | |
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| Skull of Proburnetia viatkensis at the Paleontological Museum of Moscow | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Biarmosuchia |
| Family: | †Burnetiidae |
| Genus: | †Proburnetia Tatarinov, 1968 |
| Species: | †P. viatkensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Proburnetia viatkensis Tatarinov, 1968 | |
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