| Purlovia Temporal range: Late Permian | |
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| An restoration illustration of Purlovia maxima | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Therocephalia |
| Family: | †Nanictidopidae |
| Genus: | †Purlovia Ivakhnenko, 2011 |
| Binomial name | |
| †Purlovia maxima Ivakhnenko, 2011 | |
Purlovia is a an extinct genus of large therocephalian Therapsid from late Permian Russia. It is known for its wide skull, which is unusual feature in Therocephalian species. The type species is named P. maxima.
In the Media[]
ARK: Survival Evolved Purlovia
- Purlovia is one of the new creatures that will appear in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is depicted as a carnivore, but in real-life counterpart was presumed to be an herbivore and presumably would not have eaten meat; although it is not for certain.]]