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Arctognathus cookei
Taxonomy
Cyniscops cookei was named by Broom (1948). Its type specimen is BP/1/648, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Petersburg, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
It was recombined as Arctognathus cookei by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).
It was recombined as Arctognathus cookei by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1948 | Cyniscops cookei Broom |
1989 | Arctognathus cookei Sigogneau-Russell |
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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 cookei Broom 1948
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available