Cynariops is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian that lived in what is now South Africa during the Permian. The holotype skull specimen MB.R.999 was made the basis of the new genus and species Cynariops robustus by Robert Broom in 1925,[1] but the genus was later synonymised with other genera. It was catalogued as a specimen of Aelurognathus at Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, until it was further prepared and described in 2018, and the genus Cynariops resurrected.[2]

Cynariops
Temporal range: Permian
Holotype skull MB.R.999
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Gorgonopsia
Family: Gorgonopsidae
Genus: Cynariops
Broom, 1925
Species:
C. robustus
Binomial name
Cynariops robustus
Broom, 1925

References

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  1. ^ Broom, Robert (1925). "On some carnivorous therapsids". Records of the Albany Museum. 25: 309–326.
  2. ^ Bendel, Eva-Maria; Kammerer, Christian F.; Kardjilov, Nikolay; Fernandez, Vincent; Fröbisch, Jörg (2018). "Cranial anatomy of the gorgonopsian Cynariops robustus based on CT-reconstruction". PLOS ONE. 13 (11): e0207367. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207367. PMC 6261584. PMID 30485338.