Bullacephalus jacksoni

Bullacephalus from the Middle Permian of South Africa is the earliest known Burnetiamorph.

Name

Bullacephalus jacksoni

Authority

Rubidge & Kitching, 2003

Meaning of generic name

Latin bulla, boss and Greek kephali, head

Size

Skull length: 15 cm, Length: ? 1 m

Remains

Holotype (BP/1/5387): Nearly complete skull and lower jaw.

Age and Distribution

Horizon: Lowermost Tapinocephalus assemblage zone, beaufort Group, Middle Permian (Capitanian).

Type locality: Middlevlei farm, Laingsburg, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Classification

Synapsida Therapsida Biarmosuchia Burnetiamorpha Burnetiidae

Further Reading

Rubidge, B. S., and J. W. Kitching. 2003. A new burnetiamorph (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the lower Beaufort Group of South Africa. Palaeontology, 46:199-210.