Bienotheroides

Bienotheroides
Temporal range: Middle to Late Jurassic, 171.6–145.5 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Therapsida
Family: †Tritylodontidae
Genus: Bienotheroides
Type species
Bienotheroides wansienensis
Young, 1982
Species
  • B. wansienensis (type species) Young, 1982
  • B. zigongensis Sun, 1986
  • B. ultimus Maisch et al., 2004
  • B. shartegensis Watabe et al., 2007

Bienotheroides is a genus of tritylodont therapsids from the Jurassic of China and Mongolia.[1] The genus contains four species, primarily known from cranial remains.[1] Along with some fellow tritylodonts, Bienotheroides is one of only a few non-mammalian synapsids to survive the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Fossilworks. "Bienotheroides." Retrieved from
  2. ↑ Paleos. "Cynodontia: Tritylodontidae." Retrieved from
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