Pampaphoneus

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Pampaphoneus
Temporal range: Middle Permian
~260 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Dinocephalia
Family: Anteosauridae
Genus: Pampaphoneus
Cisneros et al., 2012
Species:
P. biccai
Binomial name
Pampaphoneus biccai
Cisneros et al., 2012

Pampaphoneus is an extinct genus of dinocephalians from the Middle Permian Rio do Rasto Formation of Brazil. It is known from a well-preserved skull. The type species is Pampaphoneus biccai.[1][2] Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic placement of Pampaphoneus from Cisneros et al. (2012):

Pampaphoneus biccai was closely related to Australosyodon[3][4]

Taxonomy

Therapsida

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Cisneros, J.C.; Abdala, F.; Atayman-Güven, S.; Rubidge, B.S.; Şengör, A.M.C.; Schultz, C.L. (2012). "Carnivorous dinocephalian from the Middle Permian of Brazil and tetrapod dispersal in Pangaea". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109 (5): 1584–1588. doi:10.1073/pnas.1115975109. PMC 3277192. PMID 22307615.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2015-04-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/2012/01/17/palaeontologists-find-south-america-s-oldest-predator