Pampaphoneus Temporal range: Middle Permian, 260 Ma |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
Family: | †Anteosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Syodontinae |
Genus: |
†Pampaphoneus Cisneros et al., 2012 |
Type species | |
†Pampaphoneus biccai Cisneros et al., 2012 |
Pampaphoneus is an extinct genus of dinocephalians from the Middle Permian of Brazil. It is known from a well-preserved skull. The type species is Pampaphoneus biccai. Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic placement of Pampaphoneus from Cisneros et al. (2012):
Pampaphoneus biccai was closely related to Australosyodon
Pampaphoneus biccai