Bullacephalus

Bullacephalus
Temporal range: Late Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Order:Therapsida
Suborder:†Biarmosuchia
Family:†Burnetiidae
Genus:†Bullacephalus
Rubidge and Kitching, 2003
Species: †B. jacksoni
Binomial name
Bullacephalus jacksoni
Rubidge and Kitching, 2003

Bullacephalus is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids belonging to the family Burnetiidae. The type species B. jacksoni was named in 2003. It is known from a relatively complete skull and lower jaw, discovered in the Late Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of the Beaufort Group of South Africa.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Rubidge, B.S.; Kitching, J.W. (2003). "A new burnetiamorph (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Lower Beaufort Group of South Africa". Palaeontology. 46 (1): 199–210. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00294.


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