Biology:Admetophoneus

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Short description: Extinct genus of therapsids

Admetophoneus
Temporal range: Middle Permian
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Dinocephalia
Genus: Admetophoneus
Efremov, 1954
Species:
A. kargalensis
Binomial name
Admetophoneus kargalensis
Efremov, 1954

Admetophoneus is a dubious genus of non-mammalian synapsid from Russia. Its type and only species is Admetophoneus kargalensis.

History

Admetophoneus was named by the Russian paleontologist Ivan Efremov in 1954, based on some teeth, a fragmentary maxilla, and a humerus.[1]:260 It was originally classified as a member of Brithopodidae.[1]:235–236 Later, it was classified in Phthinosuchidae.[2]:984–985 Recent study, however, has shown that it is a member of Anteosauria, but lacks diagnostic features.[3]:287 It is essentially identical to the contemporaneous Titanophoneus, and could be synonymous with it, but its poor preservation means that it cannot be proven.

See also

  • List of therapsids

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Efremov, I. A. (1954). (in ru)Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR 54. 
  2. Ivakhnenko, M. F. (2008). "Cranial morphology and evolution of Permian Dinomorpha (Eotherapsida) of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal 42 (9). doi:10.1134/S0031030108090013. 
  3. Kammerer, Christian F. (2011). "Systematics of the Anteosauria (Therapsida: Dinocephalia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9 (2): 261–304. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.492645. 

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