Arctognathus Broom 1911 (therapsid)

Amniota - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae

Synonym: Lycaenodontoides Haughton 1929

Full reference: R. Broom. 1911. On some New South African Permian Reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 81(4):1073-1082

Parent taxon: Gorgonopsinae according to D. S. Sigogneau-Russell 1989

See also Broom 1913, Carroll 1988 and Haughton 1929

Sister taxa: Aelurosaurus, Aloposaurus, Arctops, Broomisaurus, Cerdorhinus, Cyonosaurus, Gorgonops, Lycaenops, Paragalerhinus, Pravoslavlevia, Scylacops

Subtaxa: Arctognathus breviceps Arctognathus cookei Arctognathus curvimola Arctognathus nasuta

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (5 collections), Tanzania (2)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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