Kamagorgon

Kamagorgon Temporal range: Permian, 270.6–260.4 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration of Kamagorgon ulanovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Order:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Gorgonopsia (?)
Genus:	†Kamagorgon Tatarinov, 1998
Type species
†Kamagorgon ulanovi Tatarinov, 1998

Kamagorgon is an extinct genus of therapsid from the Middle Permian of Russia. The type and only species is Kamagorgon ulanovi. It is only known from an incomplete skull. The snout is short and the canine teeth are very large. Kamagorgon was named in 1998 and originally classified in the biarmosuchian family Eotitanosuchidae along with the poorly known therapsid Eotitanosuchus.^[1] More recently, Kamagorgon has considered as a primitive gorgonopsian rather than a biarmosuchian due to the length of the front jawbone and rear side of the skull. These features are commonly shared by the brithopodid and biarmosuchid lineages.^[2]

References

1. Tatarinov, L.P. (1998). "A new eotitanosuchid (Reptilia, Therapsida) from the Kazanian Stage (Upper Permian) of Udmurtia". Paleontological Journal. 33 (6): 660–666.
2. Kemp, T. S. (2006). "The origin and early radiation of the therapsid mammal-like reptiles: A palaeobiological hypothesis". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 19 (4): 1231–1247. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.01076.x. PMID 16780524.