Nshimbodon is an extinct genus of basal cynodonts belonging to the family Charassognathidae. Its only known species is Nshimbodon muchingaensis, which was named in 2020 based on remains discovered in the Late Permian-aged Madumabisa Mudstone Formation of Zambia. It is known from a single specimen, which consists of a partial skull and several postcranial bones, including parts of the shoulder girdle and forelimbs.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Charassognathidae |
| Subfamily: | †Abdalodontinae |
| Genus: | †Nshimbodon Huttenlocker & Sidor, 2020 |
| Species: | †N. muchingaensis
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| †Nshimbodon muchingaensis Huttenlocker & Sidor, 2020
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References
edit- ^ Huttenlocker, Adam K.; Sidor, Christian A. (2020). "A basal nonmammaliaform cynodont from the Permian of Zambia and the origins of mammalian endocranial and postcranial anatomy". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: e1827413. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1827413.
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