Gorgonops whaitsi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gorgonopsia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Subordo: †Gorgonopsia

Familia: †Gorgonopidae
Genus: †Gorgonops
Species: †Gorgonops whaitsi

Gorgonops whaitsi (Broom, 1912): 861 ["Scymnognathus whaitsi"]

Type locality: "near Beaufort West"; South Africa.

Type: AMNH 5530a

Eponyms: Mr. Whaits [Broom, 1912: 861, 859]

Broom, R. 1912. On some new Fossil Reptiles from the Permian and Triassic Beds of South Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 859–876. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1912.tb07564.x BHL Reference page.
Sigogneau, D. 1970. Révision systématique des Gorgonopsiens sud-africains. Paris. Reference page.