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Gorgonopidae

Reptilia - Gorgodontia - Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy

Gorgonopsidae was named by Lydekker (1890). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Gorgonopsidae by Gardiner (1982); it was corrected as Gorgonopidae by Ivakhnenko (2003) and Kammerer (2016).

It was assigned to Testudinata by Gardiner (1982); to Gorgonopsia by Battail and Surkov (2000); to Gorgonopioidea by Ivakhnenko (2003); and to Gorgonopsia by Kuhn (1946), Haughton and Brink (1954), Olson (1974), Kemp (1982), Carroll (1988), Sigogneau-Russell (1989) and Kammerer (2016).

Subtaxa

Arctognathus whaitsi, Arctosuchus, Asthenognathus, Delphaciognathus, Delphaciognathus paucidens, Genovum, Genovum broilii, Gorgonopsinae, Inostranceviinae, Lycosaurus tigrinus, Pravoslavleria, Rubidgeinae (syn. Sycosaurinae, Broomicephalinae), Scylacopinae, Scymnognathus parvus

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Synonyms

Arctognathus whaitsi was named by Haughton (1924). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-4337, a partial skull (Mold of an incomplete skull), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Houdkonstant (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial mudstone in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).
Delphaciognathus was named by Broom (1932).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).
Genovum was named by Huene (1950). Its type is Genovum broilii.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).

It was assigned to Gorgonopsia by Huene (1950).
Genovum broilii was named by Huene (1950). Its type specimen is IGPK 58, a partial skull (Fragment of snout and dentary), 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 is the type species of Genovum.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).
Scymnognathus parvus was named by Broom (1915). Its type specimen is BMNH 4139, a skull (Compressed and eroded skull with lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kuilspoort, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).
Arctosuchus was named by Broom (1911). It is not extant.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).

It was assigned to Therocephalia by Broom (1913).
Lycosaurus tigrinus was named by Owen (1876). Its type specimen is BMNH R 1719, a partial skull (Compressed snout and dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mildenhalls, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

It was recombined as Arctosuchus tigrinus by Broom (1911); it was considered a nomen dubium by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).
Asthenognathus was named by Broom (1915). It is not extant.

It was replaced with Delphaciognathus by Broom (1932); it was considered a nomen dubium by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).

It was assigned to Gorgonopsia by Broom (1915).
Asthenognathus paucidens was named by Broom (1915). Its type specimen is AMNH 5562, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wittekop, Beaufort West, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

It was recombined as Delphaciognathus paucidens by Broom (1932); it was considered a nomen dubium by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1876	Lycosaurus tigrinus Owen
1890	Gorgonopsidae Lydekker
1911	Arctosuchus Broom
1911	Arctosuchus tigrinus Broom
1913	Arctosuchus Broom
1915	Scymnognathus parvus Broom
1915	Asthenognathus Broom p. 125
1915	Asthenognathus paucidens Broom p. 125 fig. 11
1924	Arctognathus whaitsi Haughton
1932	Delphaciognathus Broom
1932	Delphaciognathus paucidens Broom
1946	Gorgonopsidae Kuhn p. 57
1950	Genovum Huene
1950	Genovum broilii Huene
1954	Gorgonopsidae Haughton and Brink p. 6
1974	Gorgonopsidae Olson p. 28
1982	Gorgonopsidae Gardiner p. 228
1982	Gorgonopsidae Kemp p. 348
1988	Gorgonopsidae Carroll
1989	Gorgonopsidae Sigogneau-Russell
2000	Gorgonopsidae Battail and Surkov
2003	Gorgonopidae Ivakhnenko
2016	Gorgonopidae Kammerer

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Triploblastica
—	Nephrozoa
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
—	Sarcopterygii
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda	()
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
—	Batrachosauria	()
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Theromorpha	()
—	Eotherapsida	()
superorder	Dinomorpha
order	Gorgodontia
suborder	Gorgonopsia
family	Gorgonopidae	(Lydekker 1890)
family	Gorgonopidae	(Lydekker 1890)

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.

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available