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Arctognathus breviceps

Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy
Arctognathoides breviceps was named by Boonstra (1934). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-9345, a skull (Skull with lower jaw almost complete but somewhat deformed), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oudeplaas, Richmond, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Arctognathoides.

It was recombined as Arctognathus breviceps by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Arctognathoides breviceps Boonstra
1989Arctognathus breviceps Sigogneau-Russell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
familyGorgonopidae(Lydekker 1890)
subfamilyGorgonopsinaeSigogneau-Russell 1970
genusArctognathus
speciesbreviceps()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Arctognathus breviceps Boonstra 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Northern Cape) Arctognathoides breviceps (178523)