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