Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Synonyms: Chiwetasaurus Haughton 1926, Leptotracheliscops Kuhn 1965, Leptotrachelus Watson 1921, Pachyrhinos Broili and Schroder 1934, Scymnognathus Broom 1912
Parent taxon: Gorgonopsinae according to D. S. Sigogneau-Russell 1989
See also Boonstra 1969, Broom 1912, Broom 1913, Broom 1948, Carroll 1988, Haughton 1926 and Huene 1950
Sister taxa: Aelurosaurus, Aloposaurus, Arctognathus, Arctops, Broomisaurus, Cerdorhinus, Cyonosaurus, Lycaenops, Paragalerhinus, Pravoslavlevia, Scylacops
Subtaxa: Gorgonops dixeyi Gorgonops kaiseri Gorgonops longifrons Gorgonops torvus Gorgonops whaitsi Leptotracheliscops eupachygnathus
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Malawi (2 collections), South Africa (11)
Total: 13 collections including 15 occurrences
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