Bocatherium

Bocatherium
Temporal range: Pliensbachian, 189.6–183.0 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Order:Therapsida
Suborder:Cynodontia
Family:†Tritylodontidae
Genus:†Bocatherium
Type species
Bocatherium mexicanum
Clark & Hopson, 1985
Species

B. mexicanum (type species) Clark & Hopson, 1985

Bocatherium is an extinct genus of tritylodonts from the Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of Tamaulipas, Mexico.[1] It is known only from a skull found at the Huizachal Canyon locality, "a Pliensbachian floodplain siltstone in the La Boca Formation".[2]

References

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


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