Kamagorgon
Name:
Kamagorgon.
Phonetic: Kam-ah-gor-gon.
Named By: L. P. Tatarinov - 1998.
Classification: Chordata, Therapsida,
Theriodontia, Gorgonopsia?
Species: K. ulanovi (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavialable.
Known locations: Russia.
Time period: Mid Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.
Kamagorgon is still only known by a partial skull, which is noted as having a short snout and greatly enlarged canine teeth. Initially the skull was thought to be that of a biarmosuchian (a creature similar to Biarmosuchus), but more recent thinking is that it may be that of a gorgonopsid.
Further reading
- A new eotitanosuchid (Reptilia, Therapsida) from the Kazanian
Stage (Upper Permian) of Udmurtia - L. P. Tatarinov -
1998.
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