| Bocatherium Temporal range: Pliensbachian, | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | † Tritylodontidae |
| Genus: | † Bocatherium |
| Type species | |
| Bocatherium mexicanum Clark & Hopson, 1985 | |
| Species | |
B. mexicanum(type species) Clark & Hopson, 1985 | |
Bocatherium is an extinct genus of tritylodont mammaliamorphs from the Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of Tamaulipas, Mexico. [1] It is known only from a skull found at the Huizachal Canyon locality, "a Pliensbachian floodplain siltstone in the La Boca Formation". [2]