Dinogorgon
| Dinogorgon Temporal range: Late Permian | |
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| Holotype skull of D. rubidgei | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Family: | †Gorgonopsidae |
| Genus: | †Dinogorgon Broom, 1936 |
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Restoration of D. rubidgei
Head of D. rubidgei
Dinogorgon ("terrible gorgon") is a gorgonopsid therapsid from the Late Permian of South Africa and Tanzania. Dinogorgon was a 2 m (6 ft) long predator that preyed on reptiles and smaller therapsids.[1] Its closest relatives included Lycaenops, and possibly Gorgonops. The type species Dinogorgon rubidgei was named by South African paleontologist Robert Broom in 1936.[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/gorgonopsia/dinogorgon
- ↑ Gebauer, E.V.I. (2007). Phylogeny and evolution of the Gorgonopsia with a special reference to the skull and skeleton of GPIT/RE/7113 ('Aelurognathus?' parringtoni) (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). Tübingen: Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen. pp. 1–316.
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