| Named By: | Richard Owen in 1876 |
| Time Period: | Wuchiapingian, 260-254 Ma |
| Location: | South Africa - Karoo Basin and Malawi |
| Size: | Depending upon the species, between 1.2 and 3 meters long. Skull between 20 to 35 centimetres |
| Diet: | Carnivore |
| Fossil(s): | Multiple individuals, usually from partial to complete skull material, but post cranial remains are also known |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Gorgonopsia | Gorgonopsidae | |
| Also known as: | | Chiwetasaurus dixeyi | Gorgonognathus longifrons | Gorgonops longifrons | Leptotrachelus eupachygnathus | Leptotracheliscops eupachygnathus | Pachyrhinos kaiseri | Scymnognathus whaitsi | Scymnosuchus whaitsi | |
Gorgonops (from Greek Gorgon -Gorgon- and ops -eye, face-, literally "Gorgon' eye" or "Gorgon' face") is an extinct genus of therapsid which lived about 260-254 million years ago, during the Late Permian. It was a typical representative of the suborder Gorgonopsia, the dominant predators of their day, which in the largest forms grew to over three metres long.