Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Synonyms: Clelandina major Broom 1948, Clelandina scheepersi Brink and Kitching 1953, Dinogorgon pricei Broom and George 1950, Dinogorgon scheepersi Brink and Kitching 1953, Dracocephalus scheepersi Brink and Kitching 1953, Rubidgea pricei Broom and George 1950, Tigrisaurus pricei Broom and George 1950
Full reference: R. Broom. 1948. A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Vertebrates of the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 61(2):577-629
Belongs to Clelandina according to C. F. Kammerer 2017
See also Broom 1948, Broom and George 1950, Kammerer 2016, Sigogneau-Russell 1989 and Watson and Romer 1956
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Clelandina rubidgei: RC 57, a skull (Fragments of a flattened skull, with lower jaw). Its type locality is Adendorp, Graaff-Reinet, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
- Clelandina major: MMK 5031, a skull. Its type locality is Spandau Kop, Graaff-Reinet Commonage, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
- Dracocephalus scheepersi: RC 102, a skull. Its type locality is Zuurplaats, Suurplaas, Graaff-Reinet (Dicynodon Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
- Tigrisaurus pricei: BP/1/742, a skull. Its type locality is Milton (De Hoop), Murraysburg, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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