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: planktonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Malawi (2 collections), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (60), Tanzania (3), Zambia (5)
Total: 71 collections including 99 occurrences