Bienotherium
| Bienotherium Temporal range: Early Jurassic | |
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| Bienotherium yuannanese | |
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| Domain: | Eukarya |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Therocephalia |
| Infraorder: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | Tritylodontidae |
| Genus: | Bienotherium Young, 1940[1] |
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Bienotherium was a therapsid from the Early Jurassic of China.[2] Despite its size, it is closely related to Lufengia, and is the largest tritylodont from the Lufeng Formation in China.[3]
Bienotherium had four incisors, no canines, and back molar-like teeth, which it used to chew tough plant material.[4]
Description
Bienotherium is defined as being big and robust compared to other tritylodonts, and also by exposed maxillaries in the skull, an unusually long diastema and thin zygomatic bone.[3]
References
- 1 2 "The Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
- 1 2 3 "Palæos Vertebrates". Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
- 1 2 Lucas, Spencer G. (2001). Chinese Fossil Vertebrates. New York City, Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press. p. 133. ISBN 0-231-08482-X. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ↑ Blount, Kitty; Crowley, Maggie; Bada, Kathleen; Malyan, Susan; Sparrow, Giles; Thiro, Rosalyn; Walisiewicz, Marek, eds. (2001, 2008). Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life. New York City: DK Publishing Special Markets. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-7566-3836-8. Check date values in:
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Further reading
Chinese Fossil Vertebrates, p. 133
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