Arctosuchus
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Arctosuchus Temporal range:Late Permian,
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Genus: | †Arctosuchus Broom,1911
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†Arctosuchus tigrinus Broom, 1911
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Arctosuchusis an extinctgenusofgorgonopsidfrom theLopingian(Permian). The type species,A. tigrinus,is from theTeekloof Formation(TropidostomaAssemblage Zone),[1][2][3]although a second species,A. buceros,from theWolfville Formation(Upper Wolfville Member) ofNova Scotia,Canada,may also belong to the genus, but it is from theTriassicand it probably instead belongs to an indeterminatesynapsid.[4]
The type and only specimen ofA. tigrinusconsists of a fragmentary skull and fragmentary dentary.[5]The remains ofA. bucerosare unknown and are possibly now lost.
See also
[edit]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". InThe Dinosauria: Second Edition(pp. 517-606).22 University of California Press.
- ^"Arctosuchus".Paleofile.Retrieved4 August2020.