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Arctops

Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy
Arctops was named by Watson (1914). Its type is Arctops willistoni.

It was assigned to Gorgonopsidae by Carroll (1988); and to Gorgonopsinae by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).

Species
A. kitchingi, A. watsoni, A. willistoni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Arctops Watson
1988Arctops Carroll
1989Arctops 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
genusArctops

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.

G. †Arctops Watson 1914
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†Arctops kitchingi Sigogneau 1970
†Arctops watsoni Brink and Kitching 1953
†Arctops willistoni Watson 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available