Nshimbodon muchingaensis Huttenlocker and Sidor 2020 (cynodont)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Charassognathidae

Full reference: A. K. Huttenlocker and C. A. Sidor. 2020. A Basal Nonmammaliaform Cynodont from the Permian of Zambia and the Origins of Mammalian Endocranial and Postcranial Anatomy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1827413

Belongs to Nshimbodon according to A. K. Huttenlocker and C. A. Sidor 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHCC LB277, a partial skull (a nearly complete cranium with articulated hemimandibles and associated anterior postcranial elements.). Its type locality is L54 North Luangwa National Park, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial mudstone in the Madumabisa Mudstone Formation of Zambia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at L54 North Luangwa National Park

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