Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Alternative combination: Chiwetasaurus dixeyi
Full reference: S. H. Haughton. 1926. On Karroo vertebrates from Nyasaland. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa 29:69-83
Belongs to Gorgonops according to D. S. Sigogneau-Russell 1989
See also Haughton 1926
Sister taxa: Gorgonops kaiseri, Gorgonops longifrons, Gorgonops torvus, Gorgonops whaitsi, Leptotracheliscops eupachygnathus
Type specimen: SAM-PK-7846, a skull. Its type locality is Fossils 'B2', Upper Bone Bed, Chiweta, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Chiweta Beds Formation of Malawi.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Malawi (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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