Gorynychus masyutinae Kammerer and Masyutin 2018 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia

Full reference: C. F. Kammerer and V. Masyutin. 2018. A new therocephalian (Gorynychus masyutinae gen. et sp. nov.) from the Permian Kotelnich locality, Kirov Region, Russia. PeerJ 6:e4933

Belongs to Gorynychus according to C. F. Kammerer and V. Masyutin 2018

Sister taxon: Gorynychus sundyrensis

Type specimen: KPM 346–349, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Kotelnich, Vjatka River ("Sarmin" series), PIN 2212, which is in a Severodvinian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Urpalov Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kotelnich, Vjatka River ("Sarmin" series), PIN 2212

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