Lende

Name: Lende.
Phonetic: Len-de.
Named By: A.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Kruger,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Rubidge,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Abdala,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Gomani Chindebvu‭ & ‬L.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Jacobs‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Biarmosuchia,‭ ‬Burnetiamorpha.
Species: L.‭ ‬chiweta‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: Malawi.
Time period: Permian.
Fossil representation: Almost complete skull and lower jaw.

       Lende is a genus of biarmosuchian‭ ‬therapsid that lived in Africa during the‭ ‬Permian.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Lende chiweta,‭ ‬a new therapsid from Malawi,‭ ‬and its influence on burnetiamorph phylogeny and biogeography.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬35‭(‬6‭)‬:e1008698.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Kruger,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Rubidge,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Abdala,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Gomani Chindebvu‭ & ‬L.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Jacobs‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.



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