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. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4683376 entry