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Rubidgeinae

Gorgonopidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Aelurognathus nyasaensis Haughton
1938Rubidgeinae Broom
1974Broomicephalinae Tatarinov
1974Sycosaurinae Tatarinov
1989Aelurognathus nyasaensis Sigogneau-Russell
1989Rubidgeinae Sigogneau-Russell
2000Rubidgeinae Battail and Surkov
2003Rubidgeinae Ivakhnenko
2008Rubidgeinae Smiley et al. p. 543
2016Rubidgeinae Kammerer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
familyGorgonopidae(Lydekker 1890)
subfamilyRubidgeinae
subfamilyRubidgeinae

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.

Subfm. †Rubidgeinae Broom 1938
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G. †Aelurognathus Haughton 1924
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Aelurognathus tigriceps Broom and Haughton 1913
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Invalid names: Gorgonorhinus luckhoffi Broom 1937 [synonym], Gorgonorhinus minor Broom 1948 [synonym], Leontocephalus cadlei Broom 1940 [synonym], Lycaenops alticeps Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym], Prorubidgea brinki Manten 1959 [synonym], Prorubidgea maccabei Broom 1940 [synonym], Scymnognathus serratidens Haughton 1915 [synonym], Sycosaurus brodiei Broom 1941 [synonym], Tigricephalus kingwilli Broom 1948 [synonym]
Invalid names: Gorgonorhinus Broom 1937 [synonym], Leontocephalus Broom 1940 [synonym], Prorubidgea Broom 1940 [synonym], Tigricephalus Broom 1948 [synonym]
G. †Leogorgon Ivakhnenko 2003
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Leogorgon klimovensis Ivakhnenko 2003
Tr. †Rubidgeini Broom 1938
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G. †Clelandina Broom 1948
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Clelandina rubidgei Broom 1948
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Invalid names: Clelandina major Broom 1948 [synonym], Dracocephalus scheepersi Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym], Tigrisaurus pricei Broom and George 1950 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dracocephalus Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym], Tigrisaurus Broom and George 1950 [synonym]
G. †Dinogorgon Broom 1936
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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]
G. †Leontosaurus Broom and George 1950
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Leontosaurus vanderhorsti Broom and George 1950
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Invalid names: Rubidgea platyrhina Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym]
G. †Rubidgea Broom 1938
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Rubidgea atrox Broom 1938
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Invalid names: Broomicephalus laticeps Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym], Gorgonognathus maximus Huene 1950 [synonym], Rubidgea kitchingi Broom 1938 [synonym], Rubidgea laticeps Broom 1940 [synonym], Rubidgea majora Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym]
Invalid names: Broomicephalus Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym], Titanogorgon Maisch 2002 [synonym]
G. †Ruhuhucerberus Maisch 2002
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Invalid names: Ruhuhucerberus terror Maisch 2002 [synonym]
G. †Smilesaurus Broom 1948
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Smilesaurus ferox Broom 1948
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Invalid names: Pardocephalus wallacei Broom 1948 [synonym], Smilesaurus maccabei Broom 1948 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pardocephalus Broom 1948 [synonym]
G. †Sycosaurus Haughton 1924
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Sycosaurus laticeps Haughton 1924
Sycosaurus nowaki Broili and Schröder 1936
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Invalid names: Leontocephalus intactus Kemp 1969 [synonym], Lycaenops kingoriensis Huene 1950 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cephalicustriodus Parrington 1974 [synonym], Tetraodon Broili and Schröder 1936 [synonym], Tetraodontonius Kuhn 1961 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aelurognathus nyasaensis Haughton 1926 [nomen dubium], Broomicephalinae Tatarinov 1974 [synonym], Sycosaurinae Tatarinov 1974 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Vyatkian or 259.90000 to 257.40000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 257.4Russian Federation (Vologda) Leogorgon klimovensis (187938)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 257.4Russian Federation (Orenburg) Leogorgon klimovensis (93030)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Zambia Aelurognathus sp. (184599) Aelurognathus sp., Aelurognathus tigriceps (184600) Dinogorgon sp., Prorubidgea sp. (184660 184662)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Malawi (Northern Region) Aelurognathus nyasaensis (176291)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Aelurognathus tigriceps, Clelandina major, Smilesaurus ferox (80826) Clelandina major (178274) Clelandina rubidgei (178113) Dinogorgon rubidgei (174717) Dinogorgon rubidgei, Pardocephalus wallacei (176504) Prorubidgea maccabei (144272) Rubidgea atrox (171376 176311) Rubidgea laticeps (176308) Smilesaurus maccabei (176919)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Northern Cape) Arctops ferox (178523) Leontosaurus vanderhorsti (178869) Lycaenoides angusticeps (178478)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Tanzania (Ruvuma) Aelurognathus haughtoni, Dinogorgon quinquemolaris, Gorgonognathus maximus, Tetraodon nowaki, Lycaenops kingoriensis (181520) Sycosaurus nowacki (190330) Sycosaurus nowacki, Dinogorgon rubidgei (135698) Sycosaurus nowacki, Dinogorgon rubidgei, Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni, Ruhuhucerberus terror (180461)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) Scymnognathus tigriceps, Aelurognathus tigriceps, Scymnognathus serratidens (171377)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Aberdeen Plain) Aelurognathus sp. (223844)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Zambia (Muchinga) Aelurognathus tigriceps (234510)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Northern Cape) Aelurognathus tigriceps (178275) Broomicephalus laticeps (178871)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Western Cape) Aelurognathus sp. (178276) Aelurognathus tigriceps (178260 178268 178277 178278) Leontosaurus vanderhorsti, Rubidgea platyrhina, Sycosaurus vanderhorsti (80176) Lycaenops alticeps, Rubidgea platyrhina (174623) Prorubidgea brinki (80178) Rubidgea majora (178875) Tigricephalus kingwilli (178273) Tigrisaurus pricei (178477)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Aelurognathus tigriceps (178272) Aelurognathus tigriceps, Dinogorgon rubidgei (178891) Clelandina rubidgei (174735) Dinogorgon oudebergensis (174663) Dinogorgon rubidgei (178889) Gorgonorhinus luckhoffi, Gorgonorhinus minor, Dracocephalus scheepersi, Sycosaurus laticeps (177563) Leontocephalus cadlei (80220) Leontosaurus vanderhorsti (89863) Prorubidgea maccabei (176917) Prorubidgea robusta (178872) Rubidgea atrox (178900 178903) Rubidgea kitchingi, Broomisaurus rubidgei (178864) Rubidgea sp. (174741) Sycosaurus brodiei (80174)