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Gorgonopidae

Gorgonopidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Lycosaurus tigrinus Owen
1890Gorgonopsidae Lydekker
1911Arctosuchus Broom
1911Arctosuchus tigrinus Broom
1913Arctosuchus Broom
1915Scymnognathus parvus Broom
1915Asthenognathus Broom p. 125 fig. 11
1915Asthenognathus paucidens Broom p. 125 fig. 11
1924Arctognathus whaitsi Haughton
1932Delphaciognathus Broom
1932Delphaciognathus paucidens Broom
1946Gorgonopsidae Kuhn p. 57
1950Genovum Huene
1950Genovum broilii Huene
1954Gorgonopsidae Haughton and Brink p. 6
1974Gorgonopsidae Olson p. 28
1982Gorgonopsidae Gardiner p. 228
1982Gorgonopsidae Kemp p. 348
1988Gorgonopsidae Carroll
1989Gorgonopsidae Sigogneau-Russell
2000Gorgonopsidae Battail and Surkov
2003Gorgonopidae Ivakhnenko
2008Gorgonopsidae Smiley et al. p. 543
2016Gorgonopidae Kammerer

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

Fm. †Gorgonopidae Lydekker 1890
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Subfm. †Gorgonopsinae Sigogneau-Russell 1970
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G. †Aelurosaurus Owen 1881
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Aelurosaurus felinus Owen 1881
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Invalid names: Aelurosauroides watsoni Boonstra 1934 [synonym], Aelurosaurus striatidens Broom 1912 [synonym], Aelurosaurus tenuirostris Broom 1911 [synonym]
Aelurosaurus polyodon Broom 1935
Aelurosaurus whaitsi Broom 1911
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Invalid names: Aelurosaurus breviceps Broom 1930 [synonym]
Aelurosaurus wilmanae Broom 1940
Invalid names: Aelurosauroides Boonstra 1934 [synonym], Scylacocephalus Broom 1940 [synonym]
G. †Aloposaurus Broom 1910
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Aloposaurus gracilis Broom 1910
Aloposaurus tenuis Brink and Kitching 1953
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Invalid names: Cynarioides tenuis Broom 1925 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aloposauroides Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym], Cynarioides Broom 1925 [synonym], Cyniscops broomianus Huene 1950 [nomen dubium]
G. †Arctognathus Broom 1911
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Arctognathus breviceps Boonstra 1934
Arctognathus cookei Broom 1948
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Invalid names: Lycaenodontoides bathyrhinus Haughton 1929 [synonym], Lycaenops pricei Broom and Robinson 1948 [synonym]
Arctognathus nasuta Huene 1950
Invalid names: Lycaenodontoides Haughton 1929 [synonym]
G. †Arctops Watson 1914
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Arctops kitchingi Sigogneau 1970
Arctops watsoni Brink and Kitching 1953
Arctops willistoni Watson 1914
G. †Broomisaurus Joleaud 1920
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Invalid names: Scymnorhinus Broom 1913 [replaced]
G. †Cerdorhinus Broom 1936
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Cerdorhinus parvidens Broom 1936
Cerdorhinus rubidgei Broom 1937
G. †Cyonosaurus Olson 1937
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Cyonosaurus kitchingi Broom 1948
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Invalid names: Alopecorhynchus rubidgei Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym]
Cyonosaurus longiceps Olson 1937
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Invalid names: Cyniscops longiceps Broom 1941 [synonym]
Cyonosaurus rubidgei Broom 1947
Invalid names: Alopecorhynchus Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym], Cyniscopoides broomi Brink and Kitching 1953 [nomen dubium], Nanogorgon Broom and Robinson 1948 [synonym], Nanogorgon gracilis Broom and Robinson 1948 [nomen dubium]
G. †Gorgonops Owen 1876
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Gorgonops dixeyi Haughton 1926
Gorgonops kaiseri Broili and Schroder 1934
Gorgonops longifrons Haughton 1915
Gorgonops torvus Owen 1876
Gorgonops whaitsi Broom 1912
Invalid names: Chiwetasaurus Haughton 1926 [synonym], Leptotracheliscops Kuhn 1965 [synonym], Leptotrachelus Watson 1921 [synonym], Pachyrhinos Broili and Schroder 1934 [synonym], Scymnognathus Broom 1912 [synonym]
G. †Lycaenops Broom 1925
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Lycaenops angusticeps Broom 1913
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Invalid names: Scymnognathus major Olson and Broom 1937 [synonym], Scymnognathus minor Broom 1913 [synonym]
Lycaenops minor Brink and Kitching 1953
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Invalid names: Aelurognathus microdon Boonstra 1934 [synonym]
Lycaenops ornatus Broom 1925
Lycaenops quadrata Haughton 1926
Lycaenops sollasi Broili and Schröder 1935
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Invalid names: Scymnognathus holmesi Broom 1948 [synonym]
Lycaenops tenuirostris Boonstra 1953
Invalid names: Tangagorgon Boonstra 1953 [synonym]
G. †Paragalerhinus Sigogneau 1970
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G. †Pravoslavlevia Vjushkov 1953
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Pravoslavlevia parva Pravoslavlev 1927
G. †Scylacops Broom 1913
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Scylacops bigendens Brink and Kitching 1953
Scylacops capensis Broom 1913
Invalid names: Sycocephalus Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym]
G. †Lycosaurus Owen 1876
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Lycosaurus pardalis Owen 1876
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]
Subfm. †Scylacopinae Watson and Romer 1956
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G. †Sauroctonus Bystrow 1955
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Sauroctonus progressus Hartmann-Weinberg 1938
G. †Suchogorgon Tatarinov 2000
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Suchogorgon golubevi Tatarinov 2000
Invalid names: Arctognathus whaitsi Haughton 1924 [nomen dubium], Arctosuchus Broom 1911 [nomen dubium], Asthenognathus Broom 1915 [nomen dubium], Delphaciognathus Broom 1932 [nomen dubium], Delphaciognathus paucidens Broom 1915 [nomen dubium], Genovum Huene 1950 [nomen dubium], Genovum broilii Huene 1950 [nomen dubium], Inostranceviinae Sigogneau-Russell 1989 [empty], Lycosaurus tigrinus Owen 1876 [nomen dubium], Rubidginae Sigogneau 1970 [empty], Scymnognathus parvus Broom 1915 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available