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Merger[edit]

The Scymnognathus page should be merged with Gorgonops for the following reasons:

1. The type species of Scymnognathus, S. whaitsi, is congeneric with Gorgonops Owen, 1876, yet is a valid species of Gorgonops (Sigogneau, 1970, 1989).

2. Scymnognathus parringtoni (the species illustrated in this article) is neither Gorgonops nor Aelurognathus but instead a valid species of Sauroctonus, a gorgonopsian previously known only from European Russia (Gebauer 2014).

Gebauer E I, 2014. Re-assessment of the taxonomic position of the specimen GPIT/RE/7113 (Sauroctonus parringtoni comb. nov., Gorgonopsia). In: Kammerer C F, Angielczyk K D, Fröbisch J eds. Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida. Dordrecht: Springer. 185−207.

Sigogneau, D., 1970, Revision Systematique des Gorgonopsiens Sud-Africains: Chaiers de Paleontologie, 414pp.

Sigogneau-Russell, D., 1989, Theriodontia I, Phthinosuchia, Biarmosuchia, Eotitanosuchia, Gorgonopsia: Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie, Teil 17 B/I, 127pp.Extrapolaris (talk) 17:49, 10 October 2014 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian[reply]

Yes, please add some text about this to the article then. FunkMonk (talk) 20:42, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]