''Annatherapsidus'' is an extinct genus of
therocephalian
Therocephalia is an extinct clade of therapsids (mammals and their close extinct relatives) from the Permian and Triassic periods. The therocephalians ("beast-heads") are named after their large skulls, which, along with the structure of their te ...
s from the Upper Permian of Russia. It was a fairly small animal with a length of 91 cm and a 22 cm
skull
The skull, or cranium, is typically a bony enclosure around the brain of a vertebrate. In some fish, and amphibians, the skull is of cartilage. The skull is at the head end of the vertebrate.
In the human, the skull comprises two prominent ...
. It was originally named ''Anna petri'', but the genus name was already taken, so it was renamed to ''Annatherapsidus''.
See also
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List of therapsids
This list of therapsids is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all Genus, genera that have ever been included in the Therapsida excluding mammals and purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also gene ...
References
Prehistoric synapsids of Europe
Akidnognathidae
Fossil taxa described in 1961
Taxa named by Oskar Kuhn
Therocephalia genera
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