Bienotherium
| Bienotherium Temporal range:
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| Bienotherium yuannanese | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Tritylodontidae |
| Genus: | †Bienotherium Young, 1940[1] |
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Bienotherium is an extinct genus of cynodonts from the Early Jurassic of China discovered by Bian Meinian (Mei Nien Bien).[2] Despite its size, it is closely related to Lufengia, and is the largest tritylodont from the Lufeng Formation in China.[3]
Bienotherium had four
teeth, which it used to chew tough plant material.[4]
Description
Bienotherium is defined as being big and
diastema and thin zygomatic bone.[3]
References
- ^ a b "The Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Palæos Vertebrates". Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
- ^ ISBN 0-231-08482-X. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-7566-3836-8.
Further reading
Chinese Fossil Vertebrates, p. 133