Dinogorgon

Dinogorgon Temporal range: Late Permian
Holotype skull of D. rubidgei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Order:	Therapsida
Family:	†Gorgonopsidae
Genus:	†Dinogorgon Broom, 1936
Species
†D. rubidgei Broom, 1936 (type)

Restoration of D. rubidgei

Head of D. rubidgei

Dinogorgon ("terrible gorgon") is a gorgonopsid therapsid from the Late Permian of South Africa and Tanzania. Dinogorgon was a 2 m (6 ft) long predator that preyed on reptiles and smaller therapsids.^[1] Its closest relatives included Lycaenops, and possibly Gorgonops. The type species Dinogorgon rubidgei was named by South African paleontologist Robert Broom in 1936.^[2]

References

1. http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/gorgonopsia/dinogorgon
2. Gebauer, E.V.I. (2007). Phylogeny and evolution of the Gorgonopsia with a special reference to the skull and skeleton of GPIT/RE/7113 ('Aelurognathus?' parringtoni) (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). Tübingen: Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen. pp. 1–316.