Cyonosaurus Olson 1937 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae

Synonyms: Alopecorhynchus Brink and Kitching 1953, Nanogorgon Broom and Robinson 1948

Parent taxon: Gorgonopsinae according to D. S. Sigogneau-Russell 1989

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Aelurosaurus, Aloposaurus, Arctognathus, Arctops, Broomisaurus, Cerdorhinus, Gorgonops, Lycaenops, Paragalerhinus, Pravoslavlevia, Scylacops

Subtaxa: Cyniscopoides broomi Cyonosaurus kitchingi Cyonosaurus longiceps Cyonosaurus rubidgei Nanogorgon gracilis

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Type: Cyonosaurus longiceps

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (20 collections)

Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences

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