Gorgonops

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Live reconstruction of Gorgonops whaitsii

  • South Africa

Gorgonops was one of the last representatives of the Gorgonopsia in Africa. It nourished exclusively carnivorous and died off at the Permian-Triassic boundary. Gorgonops was described in 1876 by ​​Richard Owen. There are six known species Gorgonops.

Features

The head was, as with many other gorgonopsians, very long, relatively narrow ( especially the front part of the skull) and he reached up to 34 centimeters in length. The snout was as far as high and the skull bows were relatively narrow. He also had the typical, up to twelve inches long saber teeth that were to many other animals, for example, Smilodon get. The legs were adapted to fast running and sat in contrast to reptiles such as Scutosaurus under the body.

System

Gorgonops is the namesake of Gorgonopsidae, the only family of Gorgonopsia. Gorgonopsia were all carnivores and probably scavengers. The Gorgonopsia belonged to both smaller genres like Lycaenops as well as large growing Inostrancevia. They belong to the Theriodontia ( specialized, mainly carnivorous nourishing Therapsida, formerly known as " mammal -like reptiles " ) to.

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