Arnognathus

Name: Arnognathus.
Phonetic: Ar-noe-nay-fuss.
Named By: Robert Broom - 1907.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida, Amniota.
Species: A. parvidens (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: South Africa.
Time period: Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Arnognathus was a genus of non-mammalian synapsid that lived in South Africa during the Triassic.

Further reading
- On Some New Fossil Reptiles from the Karroo Beds of Victoria West, South Africa. - Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 18:31-42. - Robert Broom - 1907.

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