Alopecognathus
Appearance
| Alopecognathus Temporal range: Late Permian | |
|---|---|
| Skulls including that of the holotype (A-B) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | â Therocephalia |
| Family: | â Scylacosauridae |
| Genus: | â Alopecognathus Broom, 1915 |
| Species: | â A. angusticeps |
| Binomial name | |
| â Alopecognathus angusticeps Broom, 1915 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Alopecognathus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa.[2][1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Kammerer, Christian E. (2023). "Revision of the Scylacosauridae (Therapsida: Therocephalia)". Palaeontologia africana. 56: 51â87. ISSNÂ 2410-4418.
- â Haughton, S.H. (1918). "Some new carnivorous Therapsida, with notes upon the braincase in certain species". Annals of the South African Museum. 12: 175â216.