†Lycaenops Broom 1925 (therapsid)
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Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Synonym: Tangagorgon Boonstra 1953
Parent taxon: Gorgonopsinae according to D. S. Sigogneau-Russell 1989
See also Carroll 1988 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010
Sister taxa: Aelurosaurus, Aloposaurus, Arctognathus, Arctops, Broomisaurus, Cerdorhinus, Cyonosaurus, Gorgonops, Paragalerhinus, Pravoslavlevia, Scylacops
Subtaxa: Lycaenops angusticeps Lycaenops minor Lycaenops ornatus Lycaenops quadrata Lycaenops sollasi Lycaenops tenuirostris
Type: Lycaenops ornatus
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Malawi (1 collection), South Africa (15), Tanzania (1), Zambia (2)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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