Cranial anatomy of the gorgonopsian Cynariops robustus based on CT-reconstruction [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Gorgonopsia is one of the major clades of non-mammalian synapsids, and includes an array of large-bodied carnivores that were the top terrestrial predators of the late Permian. Most research on the clade has focused on these largest members; small-bodied
Eva-Maria Bendel +2 more
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The First Healed Bite Mark and Embedded Tooth in the Snout of a Middle Permian Gorgonopsian (Synapsida: Therapsida) [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Despite their significance for paleobiological interpretations, bite marks have been rarely reported in non-mammalian therapsids (NMT). Here we describe, for the first time, the occurrence of a tooth embedded in the snout of a gorgonopsian.
Julien Benoit +2 more
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Gorgonopsian therapsids (Nochnitsa gen. nov. and Viatkogorgon) from the Permian Kotelnich locality of Russia [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 The early evolution of gorgonopsians is poorly understood. New material from the Kotelnich locality in Russia expands our knowledge of middle/earliest late Permian gorgonopsians from Laurasia.
Christian F. Kammerer, Vladimir Masyutin
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The postcranial anatomy of Gorgonops torvus (Synapsida, Gorgonopsia) from the late Permian of South Africa [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Gorgonopsians are among the most recognizable groups of synapsids from the Permian period and have an extensive but mostly cranial fossil record. By contrast, relatively little is known about their postcranial anatomy. Here, we describe a nearly complete,
Eva-Maria Bendel +3 more
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The osteohistology of gorgonopsian therapsids and implications for Permo-Triassic theriodont growth. [PDF]
J AnatAbstractDuring the Late Permian, saber‐toothed gorgonopsian therapsids were the dominant terrestrial predators, playing crucial roles as apex predators alongside therocephalian therapsids within Permian terrestrial ecosystems. The entire gorgonopsian clade went extinct during the Permo‐Triassic mass extinction, leaving other therapsids to continue into
Botha J.
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Investigation of a bone lesion in a gorgonopsian (Synapsida) from the Permian of Zambia and periosteal reactions in fossil non-mammalian tetrapods [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2020 While only distantly related to mammals, the anatomy of Permian gorgonopsians has shed light on the functional biology of non-mammalian synapsids and on the origins of iconic ‘mammal-like’ anatomical traits. However, little is known of gorgonopsian behaviour or physiology, which would aid in reconstructing the paleobiological context in which familiar ...
Christian A Sidor, Adam K Huttenlocker
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Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology PalaeontologyLycaenops contains one of the most anatomically complete gorgonopsian specimens (AMNH FARB 2240) known and is thought to represent one of the more taxonomically diverse forms, with several species historically attributed to it.
Naiomi Cookson, Arjan Mann
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Morphological convergence obscures functional diversity in sabre-toothed carnivores. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2020 The acquisition of elongated, sabre-like canines in multiple vertebrate clades during the last 265 Myr represents a remarkable example for convergent evolution.
Lautenschlager S +4 more
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The earliest segmental sternum in a Permian synapsid and its implications for the evolution of mammalian locomotion and ventilation. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 The article processing charge was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) – 491192747 and the Open Access Publication Fund of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.The sternum is a stabilizing element in the axial ...
Bendel EM +4 more
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Early-middle Permian Mediterranean gorgonopsian suggests an equatorial origin of therapsids. [PDF]
Nat CommunAbstractTherapsids were a dominant component of middle–late Permian terrestrial ecosystems worldwide, eventually giving rise to mammals during the early Mesozoic. However, little is currently known about the time and place of origin of Therapsida. Here we describe a definitive therapsid from the lower–?middle Permian palaeotropics, a partial skeleton ...
Matamales-Andreu R +6 more
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