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''Bienotheroides'' is an extinct genus of
tritylodontid Tritylodontidae ("three-knob teeth", named after the shape of their cheek teeth) is an extinct family of small to medium-sized, highly specialized mammal-like cynodonts, with several mammalian traits including erect limbs, endothermy, and some d ...
mammaliamorph Mammaliamorpha is a clade of cynodonts. It contains the clades Tritylodontidae and Mammaliaformes, as well as a few genera that do not belong to either of these groups. The family Tritheledontidae has also been placed in Mammaliamorpha by some ...
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.Fossilworks. "Bienotheroides." Retrieved from
/ref> The genus contains six species, primarily known from cranial remains.


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Tritylodontidae Middle Jurassic synapsids of Asia Late Jurassic synapsids of Asia Jurassic China Fossils of China Fossil taxa described in 1982 Taxa named by Yang Zhongjian {{Paleo-cynodont-stub