Arctognathus

Arctognathus
Temporal range: Late Permian[1]
Life restoration of A. curvimola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Gorgonopsia
Family: Gorgonopsidae
Genus: Arctognathus
Broom, 1911
Species
  • A. curvimola (Owen, 1876 [originally Lycosaurus curvimola]) (type)
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.[2]

  1. ^ "Arctognathus". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  2. ^ Sidor 2003, p. 606

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