Biology:Annatherapsidus

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Annatherapsidus
Annatherapsidus1DB.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1064721 entry