Dinogorgon

Dinogorgon is a poorly defined genus of saber-toothed gorgonopsids from South Africa and Tanzania. The type species, D. rubidgei, is only known from a fragment of snout and is undiagnosable making it a probable nomen dubium. The other two species are known from relatively well preserved skulls which are very similar in appearance to Rubidgea and it is possible that the two genera are in fact synonyms. I Name Dinogorgon rubidgei Authority Broom, 1936 Meaning of generic name Terrible gorgon Size Skull length: 32 cm ,Length: 2 m? Remains Holotype (RC 1): snout Age and Distribution Horizon: Cistecephalus-Dicynodon assemblage zone, Beaufort group, Upper Permian (Wuchiapingian). Type locality: Karoo basin, South Africa. Classification Synapsida Therapsida Gorgonopsia Gorgonopsidae Rubidgeinae Further Reading Broom, R., 1936, On some new genera and species of Karroo fossil Reptiles, with notes on some others: Annals of the Transvaal Museum, v. 18, part 4, p. 349-386. Sigogneau, D., 1970. Revision Systematique des Gorgonopsiens Sud-Africains: Cahiers de Paleontologie, 414pp. Gebauer E., 2007. Phylogeny and Evolution of the Gorgonopsia with a Special Reference to the Skull and Skeleton of GPIT/RE/7113, doctoral dissertation.

Image of D. rubidgei by Nobu Tamura (click to enlarge) Dinogorgon rubidgei:

II Name Dinogorgon quinquemolaris Authority von Huene, 1950 Size Skull length: 41 cm ,Length: 2.2 m? Remains Holotype (GPIT/RE/3430): nearly complete skull Referred specimen: RC 103 (nearly complete skull. Holotype of D. oudebergensis) Age and Distribution Horizon: Upper Permian Locality: Tanzania and South Africa. Classification Synapsida Therapsida Gorgonopsia Gorgonopsidae Rubidgeinae Further Reading Huene, F. von, 1950. Die Theriodontier der ostafrikanischen Ruhuhu-Gebietes in der Tubinger Sammlung: Neües Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 82, part 1, p. 47-136. Sigogneau, D., 1970 and Gebauer E., 2007 as above. Synonyms Dinogorgon oudebergensis Brink & Kitching, 1953 III Name Dinogorgon pricei Authority (Broom & George, 1950) Size Skull length: 32 cm ,Length: 1.7 m? Remains Holotype (BPI 225): incomplete skull Age and Distribution Horizon: Cistecephalus-Dicynodon assemblage zone, Beaufort group, Upper Permian (Wuchiapingian). Type locality: Karoo basin, South Africa. Classification Synapsida Therapsida Gorgonopsia Gorgonopsidae Rubidgeinae Further Reading Broom, R., and George, M., 1950, Two new gorgonopsians genera from the Bernard Price collections: South African Journal of Science, v. 46, n. 6, p. 188-190. Sigogneau, D., 1970 and Gebauer E., 2007 as above. Synonyms Tigrisaurus pricei Broom & George, 1950