Phylum Chordata Order Therapsid | Family †Gorgonopsidae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Aelurognathus, Aloposaurus, Arctops, Aelurosaurus, Cyonosaurus | ||
Arctognathus is an extinct genus of gorgonopsid that throve during the Late Permian in the Karoo basin of what is now South Africa.
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Discovery
A carnivore, like all gorgonopsid, Arctognathus was given its name ("Bear jaw") in reference to its short and rounded snout. There is only one recognized species, A. curvimola.
Description
It was a small gorgonopsid with a total length estimated at 1.1 m and an 18 cm skull.
Classification
Below is a cladogram from the phylogenetic analysis of Gebauer (2007):
References
Arctognathus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA