Arctognathus cookei Broom 1948

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae

Alternative combination: Cyniscops cookei

Full reference: R. Broom. 1948. A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Vertebrates of the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 61(2):577-629

Belongs to Arctognathus according to D. S. Sigogneau-Russell 1989

See also Broom 1948

Sister taxa: Arctognathus breviceps, Arctognathus curvimola, Arctognathus nasuta

Type specimen: BP/1/648, a partial skull. Its type locality is Petersburg, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Distribution: found only at Petersburg

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