Biology:Arctosuchus
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| Genus: | †Arctosuchus Broom, 1911
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| †Arctosuchus tigrinus Broom, 1911
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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]
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.
See also
- List of therapsids
References
- ↑ 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. http://www.paleofile.com/Theriodontia/Arctosuchus.asp. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q4787705 entry
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