Gorgonops facts for kids
Quick facts for kids GorgonopsTemporal range: Late Permian
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Gorgonops (literally "Gorgon' face") is the name given to an extinct genus of therapsid which lived about 255-250 million years ago, during the latest part of the Permian period. It was a typical representative of the Gorgonopsia, the dominant predators of their day, which in the largest forms grew to over four meters long.
Images for kids
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Restoration of G. whaitsi
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Head of G. torvus
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Head of G. whaitsi
See also
In Spanish: Gorgonops para niños
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