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Gorgon

Taxonomy
Gorgon was named by Gray (1850). It is extant.

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
RankNameAuthor
genusGorgonGray 1850

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Gorgon laticornutus van Hoepen 1932
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†Gorgon mediterraneus Arambourg 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Algeria (Northern Algeria) G. mediterraneus (197944)