Biology:Annatherapsidus

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Annatherapsidus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: †Therocephalia
Family: †Akidnognathidae
Genus: †Annatherapsidus
Kuhn, 1961
Type species
†Anna petri
Amalitzky, 1922
Species
  • †A. petri (Amalitzky, 1922 [originally Anna petri]) (type)
  • †A. postum Ivachnenko, 2011.
Synonyms
  • Anna Amalitzky, 1922 (preoccupied Risso, 1826)
Restoration

Annatherapsidus is an extinct genus of therocephalians from the Upper Permian of Russia.[1][2] It was a fairly small animal with a length of 91 cm and a 22 cm skull.[3] It was originally named Anna petri, but the genus name was already taken, so it was renamed to Annatherapsidus.[4]

See also

  • List of therapsids

References

  1. ↑ Amalitzky, V.P. (1922). "Diagnoses of the new forms of vertebrates and plants from the Upper Permian of North Dvina". Izv. Ross. Akad. Nauk 25 (1): 1-12. 
  2. ↑ Ivakhnenko, M.F. (2011). "Permian and Triassic Therocephals (Eutherapsida) of Eastern Europe.". Paleontological Journal 45 (9): 981-1144. 
  3. ↑ Amalitzky, V.P. (1927). "The Northern Dvina therocephal Anna petro gen. et. sp. nov.". Dvinskie raskopki prof. V.P. Amalitskogo (Northern Dvina Excavations of Prof. V.P. Amalitzky) 5. 
  4. ↑ Kuhn, O. (1963) (in German). Die Familien der recenten und fossilien Amphibien und Reptilien. Bamberg: Verlag. 

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