Burnetiidae is an extinct family of biarmosuchian

therapsid Therapsida is a major group of eupelycosaurian synapsids that includes mammals, their ancestors and relatives. Many of the traits today seen as unique to mammals had their origin within early therapsids, including limbs that were oriented more ...

s that lived in the

Permian The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.9 Mya. It is the last period of the Paleoz ...

period whose fossils are found in

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and

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. It contains '' Bullacephalus'', '' Burnetia'', '' Mobaceras'', '' Niuksenitia'', ''

Paraburnetia ''Paraburnetia'' is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa. It is known for its species ''P. sneeubergensis'' and belongs to the family Burnetiidae. ''Paraburnetia'' lived just before the Permian–T ...

'' and '' Proburnetia''.

References

Burnetiamorphs Guadalupian first appearances Lopingian extinctions Prehistoric therapsid families Taxa named by Robert Broom {{paleo-therapsid-stub