Bocaconodon tamaulipensis Montellano et al. 2008 (mammaliaform)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida

Full reference: M. Montellano, J. A. Hopson, and J. M. Clark. 2008. Late Early Jurassic mammaliaforms from Huizachal Canyon, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(4):1130-1143

Belongs to Bocaconodon according to M. Montellano et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IGM 6617, a mandible. Its type locality is Jim's Joy, Huizachal Canyon, which is in a Pliensbachian floodplain horizon in the La Boca Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Jim's Joy, Huizachal Canyon

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