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ARCTOGNATHUS
(ark-to-nay-fuss)
meaning: "bear jaw"
Arctognathus
Named By: Robert Broom in 1911
Time Period: Permian
Location: South Africa
Size: 18 centimetre skull, Body about 1.1 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Several specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Therapsida | Gorgonopsidae |
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Arctognathus is an extinct genus of gorgonopsid that throve during the Late Permian in the Karoo basin of what is now South Africa.

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