A carnivore, like all gorgonopsid, Arctognathus was given its name ("Bear jaw") in reference to its short and rounded snout. There is only one recognized species, A. curvimola.[3]
Descriptionedit
It was a small gorgonopsid with a total length estimated at 1.1 m and an 18 cm skull.[4]
Classificationedit
Restoration of A. curvimola in environmentHead of A. curvimola
Below is a cladogram from the phylogenetic analysis of Gebauer (2007):[5]
^Christian F. Kammerer (2014) Cranial osteology of Arctognathus curvimola, a short-snouted gorgonopsian from the Late Permian of South Africa. Papers in Palaeontology (advance online publication) DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1002 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1002/abstract
^Gebauer, E.V.I. (2007). Phylogeny and evolution of the Gorgonopsia with a special reference to the skull and skeleton of GPIT/RE/7113 ('Aelurognathus?' parringtoni)(PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). Tübingen: Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen. pp. 1–316.
Bibliographyedit
Kemp, T.S. (September 4, 1969). (PDF). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 256 (801): 1–83. Bibcode:1969RSPTB.256....1K. doi:10.1098/rstb.1969.0036. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
Sidor, Christian A. (2003). (PDF). Paleobiology. 29 (4): 605–640. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2003)029<0605:etatoo>2.0.co;2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
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arctognathus, extinct, genus, gorgonopsids, that, throve, during, late, permian, karoo, basin, what, south, africa, temporal, range, preꞒ, late, permian, life, restoration, curvimola, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, ch. Arctognathus is an extinct genus of gorgonopsids that throve during the Late Permian in the Karoo basin of what is now South Africa 2 ArctognathusTemporal range 259 9 252 17 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Permian 1 Life restoration of A curvimola Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Clade Synapsida Clade Therapsida Clade Gorgonopsia Family Gorgonopsidae Genus ArctognathusBroom 1911 Species A curvimola Owen 1876 originally Lycosaurus curvimola type Synonyms Arctognathoides Boonstra 1934 Lycaenodontoides Haughton 1924 Contents 1 Discovery 2 Description 3 Classification 4 See also 5 References 6 BibliographyDiscovery edit nbsp 1886 illustration of a A curvimola skull A carnivore like all gorgonopsid Arctognathus was given its name Bear jaw in reference to its short and rounded snout There is only one recognized species A curvimola 3 Description editIt was a small gorgonopsid with a total length estimated at 1 1 m and an 18 cm skull 4 Classification edit nbsp Restoration of A curvimola in environment nbsp Head of A curvimola Below is a cladogram from the phylogenetic analysis of Gebauer 2007 5 Gorgonopsia Aloposaurus Cyonosaurus Aelurosaurus Gorgonopsidae Scylacognathus Eoarctops Gorgonops Njalila Lycaenops Arctognathus Inostrancevia Rubidgeinae Aelurognathus Rubidgea Sycosaurus ClelandinaSee also editList of therapsidsReferences edit Arctognathus paleobiodb org Retrieved 2021 10 10 Sidor 2003 p 606 Christian F Kammerer 2014 Cranial osteology of Arctognathus curvimola a short snouted gorgonopsian from the Late Permian of South Africa Papers in Palaeontology advance online publication DOI 10 1002 spp2 1002 http onlinelibrary wiley com doi 10 1002 spp2 1002 abstract Arctognathus Palaeocritti a guide to prehistoric animals Archived from the original on April 3 2016 Gebauer E V I 2007 Phylogeny and evolution of the Gorgonopsia with a special reference to the skull and skeleton of GPIT RE 7113 Aelurognathus parringtoni PDF Ph D thesis Tubingen Eberhard Karls Universitat Tubingen pp 1 316 Bibliography editKemp T S September 4 1969 On the Functional Morphology of the Gorgonopsid Skull PDF Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 256 801 1 83 Bibcode 1969RSPTB 256 1K doi 10 1098 rstb 1969 0036 Archived from the original PDF on 19 October 2012 Retrieved 1 October 2011 Sidor Christian A 2003 Evolutionary trends and the origin of the mammalian lower jaw PDF Paleobiology 29 4 605 640 doi 10 1666 0094 8373 2003 029 lt 0605 etatoo gt 2 0 co 2 Archived from the original PDF on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 1 October 2011 nbsp This therapsid related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arctognathus amp oldid 1185081103, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
