Dinogorgon
| Dinogorgon Temporal range: Late Permian
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| Genus: | Dinogorgon
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Dinogorgon ("terrible gorgon") was a gorgonopsid that lived in the Late Permian period of South Africa. Dinogorgon was a predator that ate reptiles and smaller therapsids. Its closest relatives included Lycaenops, and possibly Gorgonops. Like all other gorgonopsids, Dinogorgon perished prior to, or during the Permian-Triassic Extinction Event.
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