Mobaceras fossil map
Where fossils of Mobaceras have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 275 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 275 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Pre-mammals (synapsids) |
|---|---|
| Lived | 274.4–259.857 million years ago |
| Periods | Permian |
| Family | Burnetiidae |
| Named by | Kammerer and Sidor 2021 |
| Fossil records | 1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Zambia |
| Rock formations | Madumabisa Mudstone |
About Mobaceras
Mobaceras is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids in the family Burnetiidae from the Guadalupian of Zambia. The type species is M. zambeziense.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mobaceras (revision 1293847208), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q109664854.
