Alopecognathus Broom 1915 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Pristerognathidae

Full reference: R. Broom. 1915. Catalogue of types and figured specimens of fossil vertebrates in the American Museum of Natural History. II.–Permian, Triassic and Jurassic reptiles of South Africa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 25(2):105-164

Parent taxon: Pristerognathidae according to L. D. Boonstra 1954

See also Broom 1915

Sister taxa: Pristerognathinae, Scymnosaurinae

Subtaxa: Alopecognathus angusticeps Alopecognathus megalops

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Type: Alopecognathus angusticeps

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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