''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, bearing several mammalian traits like erect limbs, endothermy and details ...

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 ...

s from the

Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of ...

of China and

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.Fossilworks. "Bienotheroides." Retrieved from
/ref> The genus contains five species, primarily known from cranial remains.

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Tritylodontids Prehistoric cynodont genera 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-therapsid-stub