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large orbits, slender postcanine teeth, tooth replacement, numerous small postcanine teeth, well developed foramina, large supraorbital portion of the frontal, anteriorly situated preparietal, slender skull arches, narrow vomer, well developed palatal tuberosities, teeth on transverse apophyses, large ectopterygoids, slender mandible, open symphysis".
481:(1.2 centimeters exposed, roughly 3.6 centimeters in total length), another 0.8 centimeter gap, and then five molars. After Owen removed the alveolar wall of the upper maxillary canine, he exposed the mandibular canine, which he found to be the same size as the maxillary. The semicircular canal found on
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Originally described by Owen, the orbit is a 2.5 centimeters by 2 centimeters ellipse, and the nostril 1.3 centimeters wide and 0.9 centimeters long. The upper jaw has a maximum width of roughly 3.5 centimeters just below the orbits. At a little more than 7.5 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide,
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Angielczyk, K. D., B. S. Rubidge, M. O. Day, F. Lin. 2016. A reevaluation of
Brachyprosopus broomi and Chelydontops altidentalis, dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the middle Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of the Karoo Basin, South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, (Vol.
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While Owen had originally assumed the holotype to be the skull of an adult, it has been argued that it was actually the skull of a juvenile. Owen only attributed its old age to the state of its sutures and teeth, while others noticed features indicating a young age, including its "...short snout,
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is another skull, but mostly snout, with the main indicator being a flatter symphysis. Its classification went back and forth throughout the entire century since it has very few defining features, all of which could be juvenile features of other genera.
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and span from the Middle
Perimian to the Late Permian. The stratigraphic composition of the Beaufort Group include siltstone, mudstone, and sandstone beds, with evidence of rivers flowing across the land in semi-arid conditions. Findings of dense
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the mandible spans almost the entirety of the skull. This particular specimen was preserved with the mouth closed, with the upper teeth fully covering the mandibular teeth. On the upper jaw, there are five incisors, a gap of 0.8 centimeters, a
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Araújo, R., V. Fernandez, M. J. Polcyn, J. Fröbisch, R. M. S. Martins. 2017. Aspects of gorgonopsian paleobiology and evolution: insights from the basicranium, occiput, osseous labyrinth, vasculature, and neuroanatomy. PeerJ. (Vol. 5):
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Smith, R. M. H., J. Botha-Brink. 2011. Morphology and composition of bone-bearing coprolites from the Late
Permian Beaufort Group, Karoo Basin, South Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Vol. 312):
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Kammerer, C.F., R.M.H. Smith, M. O. Day, B.S. Rubidge. 2015. New information on the morphology and stratigraphic range of the mid-Permian gorgonopsian
Eriphostoma microdon. Papers in Palaeontology. (Vol. 1) 2:
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was missing the postorbital region, so Owen was left to describe the anterior portion. After examining the sutures and teeth, he assumed the first specimen to be from an older, adult
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Kammerer, C.F. 2016. On the evolutionary history of the
Gorgonospia, with new information on their global first and last appearances. International Geological Congress. (Vol. 36):
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While most gorgonopsians have been recovered from the Karoo Basin in South Africa, there have been recent discoveries of gorgonopsians in Russia's
Vyazniki Assemblage as well.
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Owen, R. 1881. On the order
Theriodontia with a description of a new genus and species (Aelurognathus fel. Ow.). Quat. Jour. Geol. Soc. London. (Vol. 37): 261–265.
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in 1881. It was named so because it appeared to be an ancestor for cat-like marsupials, but not yet a mammal itself. It contains five species,
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305:Broom,
274:Broom,
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932:Dixeya
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