Gorynychus

Go-rin-e-kus.
By Emerson Winslow
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Emerson Winslow

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Winslow, E. (2014, November 14). Gorynychus. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/gorynychus/

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Name

Gorynychus ‭(‬named after the three headed dragon Zmei Gorynich‭)‬.

Phonetic

Go-rin-e-kus.

Named By

C.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Kammerer‭ & ‬V.‭ ‬Masyutin‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,Therapsida,‭ ‬Therocephalia.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

G.‭ ‬masyutinae‭

Size

Holotype skull of G.‭ ‬masyutinae roughly about‭ ‬20‭ ‬centimetres long.‭ ‬Skull of G.‭ ‬sundyrensis slightly larger.

Known locations

Russia.

Time Period

Capitanian of the Permian.

Fossil representation

Partial skulls.

In Depth

       Gorynychus is a genus of therocephalian therapsid that lived in Russia during the Permian.‭ ‬At the time of writing Gorynychus is known from two species,‭ ‬the type‭ (‬first to be named‭) ‬species G.‭ ‬masyutinae,‭ ‬and the second species,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬sundyrensis,‭ ‬which seems to have been slightly larger.‭

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new therocephalian‭ (‬Gorynychus masyutinae gen.‭ ‬et sp.‭ ‬nov.‭) ‬from the Permian Kotelnich locality,‭ ‬Kirov Region,‭ ‬Russia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PeerJ‭ ‬6:e4933.‭ ‬-‭ ‬C.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Kammerer‭ & ‬V.‭ ‬Masyutin‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018. -‭ ‬A New Permian Therocephalian‭ (‬Therocephalia,‭ ‬Theromorpha‭) ‬from the Sundyr Assemblage of Eastern Europe.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal‭ ‬4:87-92.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Suchkova‭ & ‬V.‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Golubev‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

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