''Porosteognathus'' 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 ...
therapsids. Remains have been found at
Isheevo in Russia (
Republic of Tatarstan
Tatarstan, officially the Republic of Tatarstan, sometimes also called Tataria, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is a part of the Volga Federal District; and its capital city, capital and largest city i ...
).
[Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, and Evgenii N. Kurochkin (2003): ''The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia'', Cambridge University Press ] It is known from the Middle Permian.
References
Extinct animals of Russia
Scylacosauridae
Therocephalia genera
Fossil taxa described in 1955
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