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Cynariops

fossil genus of therapsids

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ108751784 ↗
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Cynariops is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian that lived in what is now South Africa during the Permian. The holotype skull specimen BMNH R5743 was made the basis of the new genus and species Cynariops robustus by Robert Broom in 1925, but the genus was later synonymised with other genera such as Scylacognathus. Specimen MB.R.999 was catalogued as a specimen of Aelurognathus at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, until it was further prepared and described in 2018, and the genus Cynariops resurrected.

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The public source identifies “Cynariops” as fossil genus of therapsids. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Cynariops, fossil and genus.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1925, 2018—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Cynariops, fossil and genus providing the first useful test.
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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q108751784. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1925 and 2018.

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This entry incorporates text from “Cynariops” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.