Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Synonyms: Broomicephalinae Tatarinov 1974, Sycosaurinae Tatarinov 1974
Full reference: R. Broom. 1938. On a new family of carnivorous therapsids from the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (Series B) 108:527-533
Parent taxon: Gorgonopidae according to C. F. Kammerer 2016
See also Battail and Surkov 2000, Ivakhnenko 2003, Sigogneau-Russell 1989 and Smiley et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Arctognathus whaitsi, Arctosuchus, Asthenognathus, Delphaciognathus, Delphaciognathus paucidens, Genovum, Genovum broilii, Gorgonopsinae, Inostranceviinae, Lycosaurus, Lycosaurus tigrinus, Pravoslavleria, Rubidginae, Scylacopinae, Scymnognathus parvus
Subtaxa: Aelurognathus Aelurognathus nyasaensis Leogorgon Rubidgeini Ruhuhucerberus Smilesaurus Sycosaurus
Type: Rubidgeini
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Severodvinian of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
• Permian of Malawi (1), South Africa (44), Tanzania (4), Zambia (4)
Total: 55 collections including 77 occurrences