Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Alternative spellings: Gorgonopsidae, Gorgonopsidae
Parent taxon: Gorgonopsia according to C. F. Kammerer 2016
See also Battail and Surkov 2000, Carroll 1988, Gardiner 1982, Haughton and Brink 1954, Ivakhnenko 2003, Kemp 1982, Kuhn 1946, Olson 1974, Sigogneau-Russell 1989 and Smiley et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Broomisaurus planiceps, Cerdodon, Cynarioides gracilis, Cyniscodon, Cyniscodon lydekkeri, Cyniscops, Cynodraco, Cynodraco major, Cynodraco serridens, Dixeya, Eriphostoma, Estemmenosuchida, Galesuchidae, Gorgonopida, Hipposaurus kitchingi, Ictidorhinida, Karoopes, Nikkasaurida, Nochnitsa, Phorcys, Scylacognathus major, Viatkogorgon, Watongiidae
Subtaxa: Arctognathus whaitsi Arctosuchus Asthenognathus Delphaciognathus Delphaciognathus paucidens Genovum Genovum broilii Gorgonopsinae Inostranceviinae Lycosaurus Lycosaurus tigrinus Pravoslavleria Rubidgeinae Rubidginae Scylacopinae Scymnognathus parvus
Distribution:
• Permian of Malawi (2 collections), Niger (4), the Russian Federation (7), South Africa (94), Tanzania (7), Zambia (7)
Total: 121 collections including 195 occurrences