Alopecognathus

Extinct genus of therapsids

Alopecognathus
Temporal range: Late Permian
Skulls including that of the holotype (A-B)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Family: Scylacosauridae
Genus: Alopecognathus
Broom, 1915
Species:
A. angusticeps
Binomial name
Alopecognathus angusticeps
Broom, 1915
Synonyms[1]
Genus synonymy
  • Alopecideops
    Broom, 1932
Species synonymy
  • Pristerognathus vanderbyli
    Broom, 1925
  • Pristerognathus vanwyki
    Broom, 1925
  • Alopecideops gracilis
    Broom, 1932
  • Cynariognathus gallowayi
    Broom, 1936
  • Cynariognathus seeleyi
    Broili & Schröder, 1936
  • Alopecognathus megalops
    Broom, 1937
  • Alopecognathus angustioriceps
    Boonstra, 1953
  • Pristerognathus roggeveldensis
    Boonstra, 1953
Life restoration

Alopecognathus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa.[2][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kammerer, Christian E. (2023). "Revision of the Scylacosauridae (Therapsida: Therocephalia)". Palaeontologia africana. 56: 51–87. ISSN 2410-4418.
  2. ^ Haughton, S.H. (1918). "Some new carnivorous Therapsida, with notes upon the braincase in certain species". Annals of the South African Museum. 12: 175–216.
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