Arctops
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Arctops is an extinct genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of therapsid known from the Late Permian of South Africa
South Africa
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. Its skull was 30 cm (1 ft) long. It perished during or before the P-T Extintion event.
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