Cynariognathus platyrhinus Broom 1912 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Pristerognathidae

Full reference: R. Broom. 1912. On some new South African Permian reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911:1073-1082

Belongs to Cynariognathus according to Broom 1931

Sister taxa: Cynariognathus gallowayi, Cynariognathus paucioridens, Cynariognathus seeleyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Grootfontein, Beaufort West, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cynariognathus platyrhinus in the database

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