Name
Proburnetia (Before Burnetia).
Phonetic
Pro-bur-ne-t-ah.
Named By
Tatarinov - 1968.
Classification
Chordata, Synapsida, Therapsida, Biarmosuchia, Burnetiidae.
Diet
Carnivore.
Species
P. viatkensis
Size
Skull about 20 centimetres long. Total body length roughly estimated to be roughly 1.5 meters long.
Known locations
Russia - Urpalov Formation.
Time Period
Tatarian/Capitanian of the Permian.
Fossil representation
Skull.
Proburnetia is a genus of biarmosuchian therapsid that lived in Russia during the Permian.
- On the cranial morphology of the basal therapsids Burnetia and Proburnetia (Therapsida: Burnetiidae). - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 (2): 257–267. - B. S. Rubidge & C. A. Sidor - 2002.
