Gorgonops
A saber-toothed therapsid predator of the Late Permian.
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Richard Owen described the type species Gorgonops torvus in 1876.[1]
Scientific classification
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- CladeSynapsida
- CladeTherapsida
- Clade†Gorgonopsia
- Genus†Gorgonops
Named by Owen, 1876
Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Gorgonops (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Quick Facts
- Type species
- Gorgonops torvus
Facts from the source article.
What the cited sources add
The same work notes that Gorgonopsia was originally constituted of only Gorgonops.[2] Sigogneau-Russell considered G. torvus a rather specialised member of the group, contrary to earlier views.[3] G. whaitsi, originally the type species of Scymnognathus, is a more primitive form according to Sigogneau-Russell.[3] A large, incomplete skull from the Chiweta Beds of Nyassaland was tentatively referred to Gorgonops? dixeyi.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Gorgonops" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Owen, "Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the fossil Reptilia of South Africa in the collection of the British museum", British Museum (Natural History), 1876, p. 27–29; Lydekker, "Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) Part IV", British Museum (Natural History), 1890, p. 111; Seeley, "Researches on the structure, organization, and classification of the fossil reptilia.—Part IX. section 1. On the Therosuchia", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1895, p. 375 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Sigogneau-Russell, "Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology", Gustav-Fischer-Verlag, 1989. facts only, no text reused. pfeil-verlag.de
- Wikipedia, "Gorgonops" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sigogneau-Russell, "Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology", Gustav-Fischer-Verlag, 1989 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Harry Govier Seeley, "Researches on the structure, organization, and classification of the fossil reptilia.—Part IX. section 1. On the Therosuchia", Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1894), doi:10.1080/00222939408677718. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
- Wikipedia, "Gorgonops" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jacobs, "Therapsids from the Permian Chiweta Beds and the age of the Karoo Supergroup in Malawi", Palaeontologia Electronica, 2005, p. 28A (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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