Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Parent taxon: Gorgonopidae according to M. F. Ivakhnenko 2003
See also Battail and Surkov 2000 and Sigogneau-Russell 1989
Sister taxa: Arctognathus whaitsi, Arctosuchus, Asthenognathus, Delphaciognathus, Delphaciognathus paucidens, Genovum, Genovum broilii, Inostranceviinae, Lycosaurus, Lycosaurus tigrinus, Pravoslavleria, Rubidgeinae, Rubidginae, Scylacopinae, Scymnognathus parvus
Subtaxa: Aelurosaurus Aloposaurus Arctognathus Arctops Broomisaurus Cerdorhinus Cyonosaurus Gorgonops Lycaenops Paragalerhinus Pravoslavlevia Scylacops
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Severodvinian of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Permian of Malawi (2), South Africa (60), Tanzania (3), Zambia (3)
Total: 69 collections including 97 occurrences