Bondoceras

Bondoceras
Temporal range: Guadalupian?
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: †Biarmosuchia
Family: †Burnetiidae
Genus: †Bondoceras
Sidor, 2023
Species:
†B. bulborhynchus
Binomial name
†Bondoceras bulborhynchus
Sidor, 2023

Bondoceras is genus of burnetiid therapsid discovered in Zambia and first described in 2023. The only species described is Bondoceras bulborhynchus.[1]

The genus name Bondoceras is derived from "Bondo", a village near the fossil localities, and "ceras", ancient Greek for horn. The species name bulborhynchus refers to the distinctive hemispherical median nasal boss present on the snout.[1]

Bondoceras was collected from several localities southwest of Chamwe, Gwembe District, Southern Province, Zambia. The presence of tapinocephalid teeth near the localities suggests a Guadalupian age for the fossils.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Sidor, C. A. (2023). "New and historical specimens of burnetiamorph therapsids, with comments on ontogeny, biogeography, and bizarre structures". Palaeontologia Africana. 56: 16–35. hdl:10539/35696.


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