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Dinogorgon rubidgei

Osteichthyes - Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy

Dinogorgon rubidgei was named by Broom (1936). Its type specimen is RC 1, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wellwood (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial mudstone in the Balfour Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Dinogorgon.

Synonyms

Prorubidgea robusta was named by Brink and Kitching (1953). Its type specimen is BP/1/249, a partial skeleton (A well-preserved skull with lower jaw, cervical vertebrae, and a hand covering part of the skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Poortjie, Graaff-Reinet, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aelurognathus brodiei by Gebauer (2007); it was synonymized subjectively with Dinogorgon rubidgei by Kammerer (2016).
Dinogorgon quinquemolaris was named by Huene (1950). Its type specimen is GPIT K16, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kingori locality, Ruhuhu Basin, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Usili Formation of Tanzania.

It was recombined as Rubidgea quinquemolaris by Gebauer (2007); it was synonymized subjectively with Dinogorgon rubidgei by Kammerer (2016).
Dinogorgon oudebergensis was named by Brink and Kitching (1953). Its type specimen is RC 103, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oudeberg (Pass and Plateau) - Dicynodon Assemblage Zone, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dinogorgon quinquemolaris by Sigogneau-Russell (1989); it was synonymized subjectively with Dinogorgon rubidgei by Kammerer (2016).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1936	Dinogorgon rubidgei Broom
1950	Dinogorgon quinquemolaris Huene
1953	Dinogorgon oudebergensis Brink and Kitching
1953	Prorubidgea robusta Brink and Kitching
1989	Dinogorgon quinquemolaris Sigogneau-Russell
1989	Dinogorgon rubidgei Sigogneau-Russell
1989	Prorubidgea robusta Sigogneau-Russell
2007	Rubidgea quinquemolaris Gebauer
2016	Dinogorgon rubidgei Kammerer

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
suborder	Gorgonopsia
family	Gorgonopidae	(Lydekker 1890)
subfamily	Rubidgeinae
tribe	Rubidgeini	Broom 1938
genus	Dinogorgon	Broom 1936
species	rubidgei	Broom 1936

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.

†Dinogorgon rubidgei Broom 1936

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Invalid names: Dinogorgon oudebergensis Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym], Dinogorgon quinquemolaris Huene 1950 [synonym], Prorubidgea robusta Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:34:07

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:34:07

Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	Tanzania (Ruvuma)	Dinogorgon quinquemolaris (181520) Dinogorgon rubidgei (135698 180461)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	South Africa (Eastern Cape)	Dinogorgon rubidgei (type locality: 174717 176504)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian	259.51 - 251.902	South Africa (Eastern Cape)	Dinogorgon oudebergensis (174663) Dinogorgon rubidgei (178889 178891) Prorubidgea robusta (178872)