Nshimbodon

Name: Nshimbodon.
Named By: Adam K.‭ ‬Huttenlocker‭ & ‬Christian A.‭ ‬Sidor‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Charassognathidae,‭ ‬Abdalodontinae.
Species: N.‭ ‬muchingaensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Zambia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Madumabisa Mudstone Formation.
Time period: Late Permian.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial post cranial remains.

       Nshimbodon is a genus of cynodont therapsid that lived in Africa during the late Permian.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A basal nonmammaliaform cynodont from the Permian of Zambia and the origins of mammalian endocranial and postcranial anatomy.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology:‭ ‬e1827413.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Adam K.‭ ‬Huttenlocker‭ & ‬Christian A.‭ ‬Sidor‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

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