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Extinct genus of therapsids
Alopecognathus
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Skulls including that of the
holotype (A-B)
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Clade:
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Synapsida
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Clade:
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Therapsida
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Clade:
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Therocephalia
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Family:
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Scylacosauridae
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Genus:
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Alopecognathus
Broom,
1915
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Species:
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†A. angusticeps
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Binomial name
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†Alopecognathus angusticeps
Broom, 1915
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Synonyms
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Pristerognathus vanderbyli
Broom, 1925
- Pristerognathus vanwyki
Broom, 1925
- Alopecideops gracilis
Broom, 1932
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Cynariognathus gallowayi
Broom, 1936
- Cynariognathus seeleyi
Broili & Schröder, 1936
- Alopecognathus megalops
Broom, 1937
- Alopecognathus angustioriceps
Boonstra, 1953
- Pristerognathus roggeveldensis
Boonstra, 1953
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Alopecognathus is an extinct
genus of
therocephalian
therapsids from the
Late Permian of
South Africa.
[2]
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- Carboniferous
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- Permian
- Ordovician
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