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.
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Name
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Dinogorgon rubidgei
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Authority
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Broom, 1936
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Meaning of the generic name
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Terrible gorgon
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Size
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Skull length: 32 cm ,Length: 2 m?
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Remains
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Holotype (RC 1): snout
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Age and Distribution
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Horizon: Cistecephalus-Dicynodon
assemblage zone, Beaufort group, Upper Permian (Wuchiapingian).
Type locality: Karoo basin, South Africa.
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Classification
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Synapsida Therapsida Gorgonopsia Gorgonopsidae Rubidgeinae
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Further Reading
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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.
| | | Synonyms
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Name
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Dinogorgon quinquemolaris
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Authority
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von Huene, 1950
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Meaning of the generic name
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Terrible gorgon
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Size
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Skull length: 41 cm ,Length: 2.2 m?
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Remains
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Holotype (GPIT/RE/3430): nearly complete skull
Referred specimen: RC 103 (nearly complete skull. Holotype of D. oudebergensis)
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Age and Distribution
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Horizon: Upper Permian
Locality: Tanzania and South Africa.
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Classification
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Synapsida Therapsida Gorgonopsia Gorgonopsidae Rubidgeinae
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Further Reading
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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. 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.
| | | Synonyms
| | Dinogorgon oudebergensis Brink & Kitching, 1953
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Name
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Dinogorgon pricei
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Authority
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(Broom & George, 1950)
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Meaning of the generic name
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Terrible gorgon
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Size
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Skull length: 32 cm ,Length: 1.7 m?
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Remains
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Holotype (BPI 225): incomplete skull
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Age and Distribution
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Horizon: Cistecephalus-Dicynodon
assemblage zone, Beaufort group, Upper Permian (Wuchiapingian).
Type locality: Karoo basin, South Africa.
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Classification
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Synapsida Therapsida Gorgonopsia Gorgonopsidae Rubidgeinae
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Further Reading
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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. 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.
| | | Synonyms
| | Tigrisaurus pricei Broom & George, 1950
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|  Life reconstruction of Dinogorgon (© N. Tamura)  Life reconstruction of Dinogorgon (© D. Bogdanov)
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