Alopecognathus

Alopecognathus
Temporal range: Late Permian
Dorsal (left) and (ventral) right views of the skull of Alopecognathus minor, 1918
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Therocephalia
Infraorder: Scylacosauria
Family: Scylacosauridae
Genus: Alopecognathus
Broom, 1915
Species
  • A. angusticeps Broom, 1915 (type)
  • A. angustioriceps Boonstra, 1953
  • A. megalops Broom, 1935
  • A. minor Haughton, 1918

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

References

  1. 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.