Arctops willistoni Watson 1914 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae

Full reference: D. M. S. Watson. 1914. Notes on some carnivorous reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 4:1021-1038

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

See also Watson 1914

Sister taxa: Arctops kitchingi, Arctops watsoni

Type specimen: BMNH 4099, a partial skull (Posterior half of a skull). Its type locality is Howse Poort, Fort Beaufort, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Howse Poort, Fort Beaufort

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