Phthinosuchus

Phthinosuchus
Temporal range: Middle Permian, 268–265.8 Ma
Life restoration of Phthinosuchus discors
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Dinocephalia (?)
Family: Phthinosuchidae
Yefremov, 1954
Genus: Phthinosuchus
Yefremov, 1954
Type species
Phthinosuchus discors
Yefremov, 1954

Phthinosuchus is an extinct genus of therapsids from the Middle Permian of Russia. Phthinosuchus is the sole member of the family Phthinosuchidae. Phthinosuchus may have been one of the most primitive therapsids, meaning that its ancestors may have branched off early from the main therapsid line.