Phorcys Kammerer and Rubidge 2022 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida

Full reference: C. F. Kammerer and B. S. Rubidge. 2022. The earliest gorgonopsians from the Karoo Basin of South Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences 194(104631)

Parent taxon: Gorgonopsia according to C. F. Kammerer and B. S. Rubidge 2022

Sister taxa: Broomisaurus planiceps, Cerdodon, Cynarioides gracilis, Cyniscodon, Cyniscodon lydekkeri, Cyniscops, Cynodraco, Cynodraco major, Cynodraco serridens, Dixeya, Eriphostoma, Estemmenosuchida, Galesuchidae, Gorgonopida, Gorgonopidae, Hipposaurus kitchingi, Ictidorhinida, Karoopes, Nikkasaurida, Nochnitsa, Scylacognathus major, Viatkogorgon, Watongiidae

Subtaxa: Phorcys dubei

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phorcys in the database

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