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Burnetiamorpha ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	109354	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=109354

Rank

unranked clade (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Burnetiamorpha

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Biarmosuchia	Sigogneau-Russell 1989
suborder	Burnetiamorpha

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Burnetiamorpha	suborder	belongs to Theriodontia	stated with evidence	Broom, 1923
Burnetiamorpha	suborder	belongs to Theromorpha	stated with evidence	Kuhn, 1946
Burnetiamorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Biarmosuchia	stated with evidence	Rubidge and Kitching, 2003
Burnetiamorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Biarmosuchia	stated without evidence	Smith et al., 2006
Burnetiamorpha	unranked clade	belongs to Biarmosuchia	stated with evidence	Sidor and Smith, 2007

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

272 - 260 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

260 - 252 Ma
Permian

Environment

terrestrial (based on Amniota)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. Broom. 1923. On the Structure of the Skull in the Carnivorous Dinocephalian Reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 93(4)

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Burnetiidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	11	272 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Lemurosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Lobalopex ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Lophorhinus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1923	Burnetiamorpha Broom
1946	Burnetiamorpha Kuhn p. 57
2003	Burnetiamorpha Rubidge and Kitching
2003	Burnetiamorpha Sidor and Welman
2004	Burnetiamorpha Sidor et al. p. 939 fig. 7
2006	Burnetiamorpha Rubidge et al. p. 740
2006	Burnetiamorpha Smith et al. p. 333
2007	Burnetiamorpha Sidor and Smith

References

Broom R. (1923) On the Structure of the Skull in the Carnivorous Dinocephalian Reptiles, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 93 4 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1923.tb02203.x

Kuhn O. (1946) Das System der fossilen und rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien [The system of fossil and recent amphibians and reptiles], Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bamberg 29, 49-67

Rubidge B. S., Kitching J. W. (2003) A new burnetiamorph (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the lower Beaufort Group of South Africa, Palaeontology 46 1, 199-210

Sidor C. A., Welman J. (2003) A second specimen of Lemurosaurus pricei (Therapsida: Burnetiamorpha), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 3, 631-642

Sidor C. A., Hopson J. A., et al (2004) A New Burnetiamorph Therapsid from the Teekloof Formation, Permian of South Africa, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 4, 938-950

Rubidge B. S., Sidor C. A., et al (2006) A new burnetiamorph (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Middle Permian of South Africa, Journal of Paleontology 80 4, 740-749

Smith R. M. H., Rubidge B. S., et al (2006) A new burnetiid (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Upper Permian of South Africa and its biogeographic implications, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26, 331-343

Sidor C. A., Smith R. M. H. (2007) A Second Burnetiamorph Therapsid from the Permian Teekloof Formation of South Africa and its Associated Fauna, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 2, 420-430

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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