Bocatherium is an extinct genus of tritylodont mammaliamorphs 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]
Bocatherium Temporal range: Pliensbachian,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Tritylodontidae |
Genus: | †Bocatherium |
Type species | |
Bocatherium mexicanum Clark & Hopson, 1985
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Species | |
B. mexicanum (type species) Clark & Hopson, 1985 |
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