Amniota - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Alternative combination: Scymnognathus whaitsi
Full reference: R. Broom. 1912. On some new South African Permian reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911:1073-1082
Belongs to Gorgonops according to D. S. Sigogneau-Russell 1989
See also Broom 1913
Sister taxa: Gorgonops dixeyi, Gorgonops kaiseri, Gorgonops longifrons, Gorgonops torvus, Leptotracheliscops eupachygnathus
Type specimen: AMNH 5530a, a partial skull. Its type locality is Beaufort West Commonage (Tropidostoma & Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone), which is in a Capitanian/Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Teekloof Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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