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Gorochovetzia

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Extinct genus of therapsids from the Late Permian of Russia

Gorochovetzia
Temporal range: Late Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Family: Hofmeyriidae
Genus: Gorochovetzia
Ivakhnenko, 2011
Type species
G. sennikovi
Ivakhnenko, 2011

Gorochovetzia is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Late Permian of Russia. Fossils have been found in the Gorokhovetsky District of Vladimir Oblast. Gorochovetzia is a member of the family Hofmeyriidae. Its type and only species is G. sennikovi, named in 2011. The skull is short and very robust. The canine teeth are large, while those behind them have enlarged crowns and serrated edges. The lower jaw is deep and curved upward.

References

  1. Ivakhnenko, M.F. (2011). "Permian and Triassic therocephals (Eutherapsida) of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal. 45 (9): 981–1144. doi:10.1134/S0031030111090012. S2CID 128958135.
Therocephalia
Synapsida
Therocephalia
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Therocephalia
Therocephalia
Lycosuchidae
Scylacosauridae
Eutherocephalia
Chthonosauridae
Akidnognathidae
Whaitsioidea
Hofmeyriidae
Whaitsiidae
Baurioidea
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Baurioidea
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Regisauridae
Bauriamorpha
Ericiolacertidae
Bauriidae
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Taxon identifiers
Gorochovetzia


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