Dinogorgon is a genus of gorgonopsid from the Late Permian of South Africa and Tanzania. The generic name Dinogorgon is derived from Greek, meaning "terrible gorgon", while its species name rubidgei is taken from the surname of renowned Karoo paleontologist, Professor Bruce Rubidge, who has contributed to much of the research conducted on therapsids of the Karoo Basin. The type species of the genus is D. rubidgei.
Dinogorgon is part of the gorgonopsian subfamily Rubidgeinae, a derived group of large-bodied gorgonopsians restricted to the Late Permian (Lopingian). The Rubidgeinae subfamily first appeared in the Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone, and reached their highest diversity in the Cistecephalus and Daptocephalus assemblage zones of the Beaufort Group in South Africa.[1][2][3][4]
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Dinogorgon is a genus of gorgonopsid from the Late Permian of South Africa and Tanzania. The generic name Dinogorgon is derived from Greek, meaning "terrible...
also resurrected Dinogorgon, Leontosaurus, Ruhuhucerberus, and Smilesaurus. Kammerer was unsure if Leontosaurus, Clelandina, Dinogorgon, and Rubidgea all...
was often broadly expanded in rubidgeines. The largest rubidgeins were Dinogorgon and Rubidgea. Rubidgeines were among the largest gorgonopsians known,...
Inostrancevia already lived in Africa alongside other large rubidgeines such as Dinogorgon and Rubidgea before the latest Permian. Paleontology portal Sauroctonus...
skull of nearly 45 cm (18 in) long. Other large gorgonopsians include Dinogorgon with skull of ~40 cm (16 in) long, Leontosaurus with skull of almost 40 cm...
currently recognized as the sister taxon of this genus. Together with Dinogorgon and Leontosaurus, these genera form Rubidgeini, a clade of large gorgonopsians...
Locality Material Notes Images Cyonosaurus C. broomianus A gorgonopsian Dinogorgon D. rubidgei Kingori IGP K 16, nearly complete skull and dentary A gorgonopsid...
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