Alopecognathus

Alopecognathus
Temporal range: Late Permian
Skulls including that of the holotype (A-B)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: †Therocephalia
Family: †Scylacosauridae
Genus: †Alopecognathus
Broom, 1915
Species:
†A. angusticeps
Binomial name
†Alopecognathus angusticeps
Broom, 1915
Synonyms
Genus synonymy
  • Alopecideops
    Broom, 1932
Species synonymy
  • Pristerognathus vanderbyli
    Broom, 1925
  • Pristerognathus vanwyki
    Broom, 1925
  • Alopecideops gracilis
    Broom, 1932
  • Cynariognathus gallowayi
    Broom, 1936
  • Cynariognathus seeleyi
    Broili & Schröder, 1936
  • Alopecognathus megalops
    Broom, 1937
  • Alopecognathus angustioriceps
    Boonstra, 1953
  • Pristerognathus roggeveldensis
    Boonstra, 1953

Alopecognathus is an extinct genus of medium therocephalian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa. It came from the Abrahamskraal Formation. Only a skull was found.

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