Bienotheroides

Bienotheroides
Temporal range: Middle to Late Jurassic, 171.6–145.5 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: †Tritylodontidae
Genus: †Bienotheroides
Young, 1982
Type species
†Bienotheroides wansienensis
Young, 1982
Other species
  • †B. shartegensis Watabe et al., 2007
  • †B. ultimus Maisch et al., 2004
  • †B. xingshanensis Liu et al., 2022[1]
  • †B. zigongensis Sun, 1986

Bienotheroides is an extinct genus of tritylodontid mammaliamorphs from the Jurassic of China and Mongolia.[2] The genus contains five species, primarily known from cranial remains.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Liu, L.; Zhou, C.-F.; Wang, J.-S.; Xue, J.-Z. (2022). "A new tritylodontid from the Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation of western Hubei, China". Historical Biology: 1–10. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2094262.
  2. ^ a b Fossilworks. "Bienotheroides." Retrieved from