†Arctognathus breviceps Boonstra 1934 (therapsid)
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Amniota - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Alternative combination: Arctognathoides breviceps
Full reference: L. D. Boonstra. 1934. A contribution to the morphology of the Gorgonopsia. Annals of the South African Museum 31:137-174
Belongs to Arctognathus according to D. S. Sigogneau-Russell 1989
See also Kammerer et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Arctognathus cookei, Arctognathus curvimola, Arctognathus nasuta
Type specimen: SAM-PK-9345, a skull (Skull with lower jaw almost complete but somewhat deformed)
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Oudeplaas, Richmond (Permian of South Africa)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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