Arctognathus Temporal range: Late Permian
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Life restoration of A. curvimola | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | † Gorgonopsia |
Family: | † Gorgonopsidae |
Genus: | †
Arctognathus Broom, 1911 |
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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. [2]
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. [3]
It was a small gorgonopsid with a total length estimated at 1.1 m and an 18 cm skull. [4]
Below is a cladogram from the phylogenetic analysis of Gebauer (2007): [5]