Amniota - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Synonym: Lycaenodontoides Haughton 1929
Full reference: R. Broom. 1911. On some New South African Permian Reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 81(4):1073-1082
Parent taxon: Gorgonopsinae according to D. S. Sigogneau-Russell 1989
See also Broom 1913, Carroll 1988 and Haughton 1929
Sister taxa: Aelurosaurus, Aloposaurus, Arctops, Broomisaurus, Cerdorhinus, Cyonosaurus, Gorgonops, Lycaenops, Paragalerhinus, Pravoslavlevia, Scylacops
Subtaxa: Arctognathus breviceps Arctognathus cookei Arctognathus curvimola Arctognathus nasuta
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (5 collections), Tanzania (2)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
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