Bonacynodon

Bonacynodon; Temporal range: Carnian, 235.0–221.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Holotype skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Family:	†Probainognathidae
Genus:	†Bonacynodon; Martinelli et al., 2016
Species:	†B. schultzi
Binomial name
	†Bonacynodon schultzi; Martinelli et al., 2016

Bonacynodon is an extinct genus of small, predatory cynodonts from the Late Triassic of Brazil, belonging to the family Probainognathidae. It contains one species, Bonacynodon schultzi, which is known from two specimens recovered from the Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone of the Santa Maria Formation. The genus was named after the Argentine palaeontologist José Bonaparte.[1]

References

Martinelli, Agustín G.; Soares, Marina Bento; Schwanke, Cibele (2016). "Two New Cynodonts (Therapsida) from the Middle-Early Late Triassic of Brazil and Comments on South American Probainognathians". PLOS ONE. 11 (10): e0162945. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0162945. ISSN 1932-6203.

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[1] Martinelli, Agustín G.; Soares, Marina Bento; Schwanke, Cibele (2016). "Two New Cynodonts (Therapsida) from the Middle-Early Late Triassic of Brazil and Comments on South American Probainognathians". PLOS ONE. 11 (10): e0162945. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0162945. ISSN 1932-6203.