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Gorgonops dixeyi

Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy
Chiwetasaurus dixeyi was named by Haughton (1926). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-7846, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossils 'B2', Upper Bone Bed, Chiweta, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Chiweta Beds Formation of Malawi.

It was recombined as Gorgonops dixeyi by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Chiwetasaurus dixeyi Haughton
1989Gorgonops dixeyi Sigogneau-Russell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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)
subfamilyGorgonopsinaeSigogneau-Russell 1970
genusGorgonopsOwen 1876
speciesdixeyi()

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.

Gorgonops dixeyi Haughton 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available