Kamagorgon

Kamagorgon is an extinct genus of therapsids 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]

Kamagorgon Temporal range: Permian, 270–269 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Life restoration of Kamagorgon ulanovi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	†Gorgonopsia (?)
Genus:	†Kamagorgon Tatarinov, 1998
Species:	†K. ulanovi
Binomial name
†Kamagorgon ulanovi Tatarinov, 1998

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.