Arctognathus

Arctognathus
Temporal range: Late Permian
Life restoration of A. curvimola
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: †Gorgonopsia
Family: †Gorgonopsidae
Genus: †Arctognathus
Broom, 1911
Species
  • †A. breviceps (Boonstra, 1934 [originally Arctognathoides breviceps])
  • †A. cookei (Broom, 1948)
  • †A. curvimola (Owen, 1876 [originally Lycosaurus curvimola]) (type)
  • †A. nasuta (Huene, 1950)
Synonyms
  • Arctognathoides Boonstra, 1934
  • Lycaenodontoides Haughton, 1924

Arctognathus is an extinct genus of gorgonopsids that throve during the Late Permian in the Karoo basin of what is now South Africa.

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