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Extinct genus of mammaliamorphs

Bocatherium
Temporal range: Pliensbachian, 189.6–183.0 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: 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 tritylodont mammaliamorphs from the Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is known only from a skull found at the Huizachal Canyon locality, "a Pliensbachian floodplain siltstone in the La Boca Formation".

References

  1. Paleos. "Cynodontia: Tritylodontidae." Retrieved from
  2. Fossilworks. "Bocatherium." Retrieved from
Cynodontia
Synapsida
Cynodontia
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Cynodontia
Cynodontia
Charassognathidae
Procynosuchidae
Epicynodontia
Galesauridae
Eucynodontia
Cynognathia
Probainognathia
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Abdalodon diastematicus Galesaurus planiceps
Probainognathia
Probainognathia
Chiniquodontidae
Probainognathidae
Ecteniniidae
Prozostrodontia
Prozostrodontidae
Tritheledontidae
Mammaliamorpha
Tritylodontidae
Mammaliaformes
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Chiniquodon theotonicus

Riograndia guaibensis

Oligokyphus triserialis
Mammaliaformes
Mammaliaformes
Kuehneotheriidae
Shuotheriidae
Docodonta
Haramiyida
Euharamiyida
Hahnodontidae?
Crown-Mammalia
Morganucodon watsoni Docofossor brachydactylus
See also
Incertae sedis
Paraphyletic /
Polyphyletic groups
Taxon identifiers
Bocatherium


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