Proburnetia Explained

Proburnetia is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids in the family Burnetiidae, from the Late Permian of Russia. It had bizarre bumps and protrusions on its skull.^[1]

Proburnetia had a 20 cm skull, and a total length up to 1.5 m.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Rubidge . B.S. . Sidor, C.A. . 2002 . On the cranial morphology of the basal therapsids Burnetia and Proburnetia (Therapsida: Burnetiidae) . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 22 . 2 . 257–267 . 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0257:OTCMOT]2.0.CO;2 . 86207308 . 2012-02-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060916175023/https://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/paleontology/sidor/Rubidge_Sidor2002.pdf . 2006-09-16 . dead .
2. Web site: Velociraptor - Facts and Pictures . 6 January 2016 .