Bullacephalus
Name:
Bullacephalus
(Boss head).
Phonetic: Blu-la-sef-a-lus.
Named By: B. S. Rubidge & J. W.
Kitching - 2003.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Biarmosuchia, Burnetiidae.
Species: B. jacksoni (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Skull 15 centimetres long. Body roughly
estimated at about 1 meter long.
Known locations: South Africa.
Time period: Capitanian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Almost complete skull and
lower jaw.
Bullacephalus is a genus of biarmosuchian therapsid, and at the time of the genus description is the earliest known appearance of a burnetiid. Bullacephalus is named from a boss-like projection of bone on the skull.
Further reading
- A new burnetiamorph (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the lower
Beaufort Group of South Africa. - B. S. Rubidge & J.
W. Kitching - 2003.
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