Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Synonyms: Broomicephalus laticeps Brink and Kitching 1953, Clelandina laticeps Brink and Kitching 1953, Gorgonognathus maximus Huene 1950, Rubidgea kitchingi Broom 1938, Rubidgea laticeps Broom 1940, Rubidgea majora Brink and Kitching 1953, Titanogorgon maximus Huene 1950
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
Belongs to Rubidgea according to C. F. Kammerer 2016
See also Broom 1938, Broom 1948 and Sigogneau-Russell 1989
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Rubidgea atrox: RC 13, a skull. Its type locality is Dorsfontein, Graaff-Reinet, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
- Broomicephalus laticeps: RC 101, a skull (nearly complete skull and lower jaws). Its type locality is Soetvlei, Richmond, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.
- Gorgonognathus maximus: GPIT K46, a partial skull (flattened right half of a skull). Its type locality is Kingori locality, Ruhuhu Basin, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Usili Formation of Tanzania.
- Rubidgea kitchingi: TM 2002, a partial skull (poorly-preserved, mostly unprepared partial skull and lower jaws, much of it obscured by plaster). Its type locality is Doornberg, New Bethesda, Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.
- Rubidgea laticeps: RC 33, a partial skull (dorsoventrally crushed, highly restored skull and lower jaws). Its type locality is Patrysfontein, Wellwood, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
- Rubidgea majora: BP/1/699, a skull (nearly complete skull and lower jaws). Its type locality is Coetzeeskraal, Murraysburg, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (9 collections), Tanzania (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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