Gorgonops longifrons Haughton 1915 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae

Alternative combination: Gorgonognathus longifrons

Full reference: S. H. Haughton. 1915. Investigations in South African fossil reptiles and amphibia. 7. On some new gorgonopsians. Annals of the South African Museum 12:82-90

Belongs to Gorgonops according to D. S. Sigogneau-Russell 1989

See also Haughton 1915

Sister taxa: Gorgonops dixeyi, Gorgonops kaiseri, Gorgonops torvus, Gorgonops whaitsi, Leptotracheliscops eupachygnathus

Type specimen: SAM 2671, a skull

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dunedin (Permian of South Africa)

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