Arctops 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

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

See also Carroll 1988

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

Subtaxa: Arctops kitchingi Arctops watsoni Arctops willistoni

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Type: Arctops willistoni

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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