Named By: | David Meredith Seares Watson in 1914 |
Time Period: | Late Permian |
Location: | South Africa |
Size: | 30 centimetre long skull, body up to 2 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | 3 skulls |
Classification: | | Chordata | Therapsida | Gorgonopsidae | |
Also known as: | | Arctops watsoni | |
Arctops ("Bear face") is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsid known from the Late Permian of South Africa. It measured up to 2 m (6 ft) in length and its skull was 30 cm (1 ft) long. The type species is Arctops willistoni. A second species, A. watsoni, may be synonymous with A. willistoni. A. kitchingi may be a third species of Arctops, but it was only tentatively assigned to the genus when it was first named.