Dinogorgon

Dinogorgon
Dinogorgon
Temporal range: Late Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Gorgonopsia
Family: Gorgonopsidae
Genus: Dinogorgon
Dinogorgon rubigei
Dinogorgon head

Dinogorgon ("terrible gorgon") was a gorgonopsid that lived in the Late Permian period of South Africa. Dinogorgon was a predator that ate reptiles and smaller therapsids. Its closest relatives included Lycaenops, and possibly Gorgonops. Like all other gorgonopsids, Dinogorgon perished prior to, or during the Permian-Triassic Extinction Event.

See also

  • List of synapsids


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