''Parabradysaurus'' is an extinct
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
estemmenosuchid
Estemmenosuchidae is an extinct family of large, very early herbivorous therapsids that flourished during the Guadalupian period. They are distinguished by horn-like structures, probably for display or agonistic behavior. Apart from the best know ...
dinocephalian
Dinocephalians (terrible heads) are a clade of large-bodied early therapsids that flourished in the Early and Middle Permian between 279.5 and 260 million years ago (Ma), but became extinct during the Capitanian mass extinction event. Dinoceph ...
s. It is known from a few serrated teeth that indicate this animal was like herbivorous.
See also
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List of therapsids
This list of therapsids is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the Therapsida excluding mammals and purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera tha ...
References
The main groups of non-mammalian synapsids at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
Tapinocephalians
Prehistoric therapsid genera
Permian synapsids of Asia
Prehistoric synapsids of Europe
Guadalupian synapsids
Fossil taxa described in 1954
Taxa named by Ivan Yefremov
Wordian genus first appearances
Wordian genus extinctions
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