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Gorgonops torvus

Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy
Gorgonops torvus was named by Owen (1876). Its type specimen is BMNH R 1647, a partial skull (Incomplete and flattened skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mildenhalls, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Gorgonops torvus Owen
1913Gorgonops torvus Broom
1989Gorgonops torvus Sigogneau-Russell

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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)
subfamilyGorgonopsinaeSigogneau-Russell 1970
genusGorgonopsOwen 1876
speciestorvusOwen 1876

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 torvus Owen 1876
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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 Capitanian or 259.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Northern Cape) Gorgonops torvus (176246)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) Gorgonops torvus (176922)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Northern Cape) Gorgonops torvus (174666)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) Gorgonops torvus (176923 178803 178805)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Gorgonops torvus (type locality: 178105)