Phthinosuchus

Phthinosuchus Temporal range: Middle Permian, 268–265.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Life restoration of Phthinosuchus discors
Scientific 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.