Viatkogorgon
Viatkogorgon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | †Gorgonopsia |
Genus: | †Viatkogorgon Tatarinov, 1999 |
Type species | |
Viatkogorgon ivachnenkoi Tatarinov, 1999
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Viatkogorgon is an extinct genus of therapsids of Permian Russia. It was a small animal, with well developed gastralia, and feet wide and short, that suggests that it could be a good swimmer.[1]
References
- ^ Tatarinov, L. P. A postcranial skeleton of the gorgonopian Viatkogorgon ivachnenkoi (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Upper Permian Kotelnich locality, Kirov Region Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal – 2004. – (4): 84–94