Pampaphoneus
Pampaphoneus is an extinct genus of dinocephalians from the Middle Permian Rio do Rasto Formation of Brazil. It is known from a well-preserved skull. The type species is Pampaphoneus biccai.[1][2] Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic placement of Pampaphoneus from Cisneros et al. (2012):
| Pampaphoneus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
| Family: | †Anteosauridae |
| Genus: | †Pampaphoneus Cisneros et al., 2012 |
| Species: | †P. biccai |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pampaphoneus biccai Cisneros et al., 2012 | |
Pampaphoneus biccai was closely related to Australosyodon[3][4]
References
- Cisneros, J.C.; Abdala, F.; Atayman-Güven, S.; Rubidge, B.S.; Şengör, A.M.C.; Schultz, C.L. (2012). "Carnivorous dinocephalian from the Middle Permian of Brazil and tetrapod dispersal in Pangaea". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109 (5): 1584–1588. doi:10.1073/pnas.1115975109. PMC 3277192. PMID 22307615.
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