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PACHYRHINOS
(pak-e-ry-nos)
Pachyrhinos
Named By: unavailable
Time Period: Wuchiapingian, 260-254 Ma
Location: South Africa - Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone zone
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Synapsida | Gorgonopsia |
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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.

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