Gorgodon Olson 1962 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Phthinosuchidae

Full reference: E. C. Olson. 1962. Late Permian terrestrial vertebrates, U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 52(2):1-224

Parent taxon: Phthinosuchidae according to E. C. Olson 1962

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Dinosaurus, Kamagorgon, Knoxosaurus, Steppesaurus

Subtaxa: Gorgodon minutus

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Type: Gorgodon minutus

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality KAC (Lower Flowerpot Shale) (Permian of Texas)

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