Burnetiamorpha

Burnetiamorpha Temporal range: Middle Permian - Late Permian,265–252 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Life restoration of Lobalopex mordax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Order:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Biarmosuchia
Clade:	†Burnetiamorpha Broom, 1923
Subgroups
See text.

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

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Heads of different burnetiamorphs

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

Biarmosuchia	Biarmosuchus Hipposaurus Lycaenodon Herpetoskylax Ictidorhinus Burnetiamorpha Lemurosaurus Lobalopex Lophorhinus Burnetiidae Proburnetia Paraburnetia Burnetia Bullacephalus 'Niuksenitia