Bocaconodon
| Bocaconodon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida
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| Clade: | Cynodontia
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| Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
| Genus: | †Bocaconodon Montellano et al., 2008 |
| Species: | †B. tamaulipensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Bocaconodon tamaulipensis Montellano et al., 2008
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Bocaconodon (meaning "
molar teeth and the rear portion of a third molar. The specimen was found at the Huizachal Canyon locality, "a Pliensbachian floodplain siltstone in the La Boca Formation".[1][2]
Description
The only known specimen of Bocaconodon (IGM 6617) is a partial right
mammaliaforms.[2]
The molars had a "triconodont" shape, with three main
morganucodonts in lacking any distinct cusps.[2]
Classification
The phylogenetic position of Bocaconodon within mammaliaforms is shown in the cladogram below:[2]
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