Alopecognathus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of therapsids}}

{{Speciesbox

| fossil_range = Late Permian

| image = Specimens of Alopecognathus in side view.jpg

| image_upright =

| image_caption = Skulls including that of the holotype (A-B)

| parent_authority = Broom, 1915

| taxon = Alopecognathus angusticeps

| authority = Broom, 1915

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

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|Alopecideops
{{Small|Broom, 1932}}

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{{Collapsible list|bullets=true|title={{Small|Species synonymy}}

|Pristerognathus vanderbyli
{{Small|Broom, 1925}}

|Pristerognathus vanwyki
{{Small|Broom, 1925}}

|Alopecideops gracilis
{{Small|Broom, 1932}}

|Cynariognathus gallowayi
{{Small|Broom, 1936}}

|Cynariognathus seeleyi
{{Small|Broili & Schröder, 1936}}

|Alopecognathus megalops
{{Small|Broom, 1937}}

|Alopecognathus angustioriceps
{{Small|Boonstra, 1953}}

|Pristerognathus roggeveldensis
{{Small|Boonstra, 1953}}

}}

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File:Alopecognathus angusticeps DB.jpg]]

Alopecognathus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa.{{cite journal |last=Haughton |first=S.H. |year=1918 |title=Some new carnivorous Therapsida, with notes upon the braincase in certain species |journal=Annals of the South African Museum |volume=12 |pages=175–216 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1517769#page/233/mode/1up}}{{cite journal |last1=Kammerer |first1=Christian E. |title=Revision of the Scylacosauridae (Therapsida: Therocephalia) |journal=Palaeontologia africana |date=2023 |volume=56 |pages=51–87 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10539/35700 |issn=2410-4418}}