Burnetiidae is an extinct family of

biarmosuchian Biarmosuchia is an extinct clade of non-mammalian synapsids from the Permian. Biarmosuchians are the most basal group of the therapsids. They were moderately-sized, lightly built carnivores, intermediate in form between basal sphenacodont "pelyc ...

therapsids that lived in the

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period whose fossils are found in

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Bullacephalus ''Bullacephalus'' is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids belonging to the family Burnetiidae. The type species ''B. jacksoni'' was named in 2003. It is known from a relatively complete skull and lower jaw, discovered in the Late Permia ...

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Burnetia ''Burnetia'' is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids in the family Burnetiidae, from the Late Permian of South Africa. ''Burnetia'' is known so far from a single holotype skull lacking the lower jaws described by South African paleontolo ...

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Mobaceras ''Mobaceras'' is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids in the family Burnetiidae from the Guadalupian of Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Souther ...

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Niuksenitia ''Niuksenitia'' is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids from the Late Permian of Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, ...

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Paraburnetia ''Paraburnetia'' is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa. It is known for its species ''P. sneeubergensis'' and belongs to the family Burnetiidae. ''Paraburnetia'' lived just before the Permian–Tria ...

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Proburnetia ''Proburnetia'' is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids in the family Burnetiidae, from the Late Permian of Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countrie ...

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References

Burnetiamorpha Guadalupian first appearances Lopingian extinctions Prehistoric therapsid families Taxa named by Robert Broom {{paleo-therapsid-stub