Clelandine

Clelandine ( Latin Clelandina ) is a Late Permian (Endothiodon - Dicynodon zone) gorgonops that lived in South Africa. The skull is very low and wide, the muzzle is rounded. The nape is extremely wide and low. There is pachyostosis of the infraorbital region. The genus was isolated by R. Brum in 1948 .

† Clelandine
Clelandina rubigei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animals Type of: Chordate Grade: Synapsids Squad: Therapsids Suborder: Gorgonops Family: Gorgonopsidae Gender: Clelandine
Latin name
Clelandina Broom , 1948
Kinds
C. rubigei C. scheepersi C. laticeps

Type species - C. rubigei . The length of the skull is about 20 cm. The complete absence of back teeth is noteworthy. The upper fangs are very massive. The second species, C. scheepersi , was described by Brink and Kitching in 1953 as Dracocephalus scheepersi ; Sigonye was included in the genus Clelandina in 1970 . It differs from the type species in a shorter muzzle. The length of the skull is about 19 cm.

Clelandina laticeps

The gorgonops, formerly known as brumicephalus ( lat. Broomicephalus ), is also currently included in the genus. Initially, this gorgonops was described as a species of the Rubidzhey genus. The genus brumicephal was proposed by Sigognier-Russell in 1989 . This is a large animal, with a skull up to 34 cm long. It has a very wide back of the skull (in some specimens the width of the skull is longer than the length) and the presence of 5 pairs of post-canine teeth. Pachyostosis is developed. By the method of hunting, it could be similar to saber-toothed cats (flattened saber-shaped fangs with a short muzzle), it could feed on very large prey. The only species - Broomicephalus laticeps - is now called Clelandina laticeps .