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]