Burnetiamorpha

Burnetiamorpha; Temporal range: Middle Permian - Late Permian,265–252 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Life restoration of Lobalopex mordax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Biarmosuchia
Clade:	†Burnetiamorpha; Broom, 1923
Subgroups
	Lemurosaurus; Lende; Lobalopex; Lophorhinus; Burnetiidae;

Burnetiamorpha is a clade of biarmosuchian therapsids. Burnetiamorphs are the most derived biarmosuchians. The name Burnetiamorpha has been in use since South African paleontologist Robert Broom erected the group in 1923, but it has recently been put to use in phylogenetic classification as a clade including Burnetiidae and its closest relatives, including Lemurosaurus, Lophorhinus, and Lobalopex.

Phylogeny

Heads of different burnetiamorphs

Below is a cladogram modified from Sidor and Smith (2007) showing the phylogenetic position of Burnetiamorpha among biarmosuchians:[1]

Burnetiamorpha

	Proburnetia

	Paraburnetia

	Burnetia

	Bullacephalus

	Niuksenitia

References

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. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[420:ASBTFT]2.0.CO;2.

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[SS07-1] 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. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[420:ASBTFT]2.0.CO;2.