Amniota - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Synonyms: Gorgonorhinus Broom 1937, Leontocephalus Broom 1940, Prorubidgea Broom 1940, Tigricephalus Broom 1948
Full reference: S. H. Haughton. 1924. Investigations in South African Fossil Reptiles and Amphibia. 12. On some gorgonopsian skulls in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum 12:499-517
Parent taxon: Rubidgeinae according to C. F. Kammerer 2016
See also Broom 1948, Carroll 1988 and Sigogneau-Russell 1989
Sister taxa: Aelurognathus nyasaensis, Leogorgon, Rubidgeini, Ruhuhucerberus, Smilesaurus, Sycosaurus
Subtaxa: Aelurognathus tigriceps Leontocephalus rubidgei
Type: Scymnognathus tigriceps
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (21 collections), Zambia (5)
Total: 26 collections including 30 occurrences
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