From Huttenlocker and Sidor, 2020.
Nshimbodon muchingaens is a Cynodont, a group of four legged animals that lived approximately 260 million years ago. These mammalian precursors were probably warm blooded, but are believed to have laid eggs.
The fossilized skull of a Nshimbodon muchingaensis.
Nshimbodon muchingaensis skull specimens and scientific illustrations in progress.
Ventral view. Left: photograph of skull. Right: initerpretive drawing of skull (from Huttenlocker, 2020).
Dorsal view. Left: photograph of skull. Right: initerpretive drawing of skull (from Huttenlocker, 2020).
Right lateral view. Top: photograph of skull. Bottom: initerpretive drawing of skull (from Huttenlocker, 2020).
Occipital view. Top: photograph of skull. Bottom: initerpretive drawing of skull (from Huttenlocker, 2020).
Interpretive drawing showing the animal as it may have appeared during life (from Huttenlocker, 2020).