Biology:Tambacarnifex
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Short description: Extinct genus of tetrapods
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Family: | †Varanopidae |
| Subfamily: | †Varanopinae |
| Genus: | †Tambacarnifex Berman et al., 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Tambacarnifex unguifalcatus Berman et al., 2013
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Tambacarnifex (meaning "Tambach butcher") is an extinct genus of varanodontine synapsids known from the Early Permian Tambach Formation of Free State of Thuringia, central Germany . It was first named by David S. Berman, Amy C. Henrici, Stuart S. Sumida, Thomas Martens and Valerie Pelletier in 2013 and the type species is Tambacarnifex unguifalcatus.[1]
Below is a simplified version of the cladogram found by Berman et al., 2013.[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 David S. Berman; Amy C. Henrici; Stuart S. Sumida; Thomas Martens; Valerie Pelletier (2014). "First European record of a varanodontine (Synapsida: Varanopidae): member of a unique Early Permian upland paleoecosystem, Tambach Basin, central Germany". Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer. pp. 69–86. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6841-3_5. ISBN 978-94-007-6840-6.
Wikidata ☰ Q14944623 entry
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