Pampaphoneus

Pampaphoneus Temporal range: Middle Permian, 260 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Order:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Dinocephalia
Family:	†Anteosauridae
Subfamily:	†Syodontinae
Genus:	†Pampaphoneus Cisneros et al., 2012
Type species
†Pampaphoneus biccai Cisneros et al., 2012

Pampaphoneus is a genus of dinocephalian from the Middle Permian of Brazil. It is known from a well-preserved skull. The type species is Pampaphoneus biccai.^[1][2] Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic placement of Pampaphoneus from Cisneros et al. (2012):

Pampaphoneus biccai was closely related to Australosyodon^[3][4]

Chart

Therapsida	Biarmosuchus tener Dinocephalia Estemmenosuchus uralensis Ulemosaurus svijagensis Tapinocaninus pamelae Anteosauridae Archaeosyodon praeventor Anteosaurinae Sinophoneus yumenensis Titanophoneus adamanteus Titanophoneus potens Anteosaurus magnificus Syodontinae Pampaphoneus biccai Notosyodon gusevi Syodon biarmicum Australosyodon nyaphuli

References

2. Cisneros, J.C.; Abdala, F.; Atayman-Güven, S.; Rubidge, B.S.; Şengör, A.M.C.; Schultz, C.L. (2012). "Carnivorous dinocephalian from the Middle Permian of Brazil and tetrapod dispersal in Pangaea". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109 (5): 1584–1588. doi:10.1073/pnas.1115975109.
3. http://iolmobile.co.za/#!/article/sa-scientists-do-their-bit-in-identifying-the-pampas-killer-1.1214144
4. http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/2012/01/17/palaeontologists-find-south-america-s-oldest-predator