Arctosuchus is an extinct genus of gorgonopsid from the Lopingian (Permian). The type species, A. tigrinus, is from the Teekloof Formation (Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone),[1][2][3] although a second species, A. buceros, from the Wolfville Formation (Upper Wolfville Member) of Nova Scotia, Canada, may also belong to the genus, but it is from the Triassic and it probably instead belongs to an indeterminate synapsid.[4]
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| Genus: | †Arctosuchus Broom, 1911
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The type and only specimen of A. tigrinus consists of a fragmentary skull and fragmentary dentary.[5] The remains of A. buceros are unknown and are possibly now lost.
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References
edit- ^ The main groups of non-mammalian synapsids at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
- ^ (Owen, R. 1876. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the fossil Reptilia of South Africa in the collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, London, xii + 88 pp
- ^ Broom, R. 1911. On some new South African Permian reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1911, 1073–1082
- ^ Weishampel, D. B., Barrett, P. M., Coria, R. A., Le Loeuff, J., Xing, X., Xijin, Z., ... & Noto, C. R. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution". In The Dinosauria: Second Edition (pp. 517-606).22 University of California Press.
- ^ "Arctosuchus". Paleofile. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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