Arctognathus
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Arctognathus is an extinct genus of gorgonopsids that throve during the Late Permian in the Karoo basin of what is now South Africa.[1]
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.[2]
Description
It was a small gorgonopsid with a total length estimated at 1.1 m and an 18 cm skull.[3]
Classification
Below is a cladogram from the phylogenetic analysis of Gebauer (2007):[4]
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See also
References
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- ↑ Christian F. Kammerer (2014) Cranial osteology of Arctognathus curvimola, a short-snouted gorgonopsian from the Late Permian of South Africa. Papers in Palaeontology (advance online publication) DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1002 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1002/abstract
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Bibliography
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