Paraburnetia
Name:
Paraburnetia
(near Burnetia).
Phonetic: Pah-rah-bur-ne-cha.
Named By: R. M. H. Smith, B. S. Rubidge
& C. A. Sidor - 2006.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Biarmosuchia, Burnetiidae.
Species: P. sneeubergensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Skull 17.5 centimetres long Body roughly
about 1-1.2 meters long.
Known locations: South Africa - Teekloof
Formation.
Time period: Wuchiapingian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Complete skull and lower jaw.
Paraburnetia is a genus of biarmosuchian therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Late Permian. The name Paraburnetia means ‘near Burnetia’, a reference to the similarity of this genus to Burnetia.
Further reading
- A new burnetiid (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Upper
Permian of South Africa and its biogeographic implications. -
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26:331-343. - R. M. H.
Smith, B. S. Rubidge & C. A. Sidor - 2006.
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