Bienotherium magnum Chow 1962 (cynodont)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Tritylodontidae

Full reference: M. Chow. 1962. A tritylodont specimen from Lufeng, Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 6:365-367

Belongs to Bienotherium according to J. Li and A. Sun 2008

See also Luo and Wu 1994

Sister taxa: Bienotherium minor, Bienotherium yunnanense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hei Koa Peng, Lufeng (CUP, IVPP), which is in a Sinemurian terrestrial horizon in the Lufeng Formation of China

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hei Koa Peng, Lufeng (CUP, IVPP)

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