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.