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Gorgonops
''Gorgonops'' (from Greek Γοργών -Gorgon- and ὤψ -eye, face-, literally "''Gorgon''' eye" or "''Gorgon''' face") is an extinct genus of therapsid which lived about 260-254 million years ago, during the Late Permian. It was a typical representative of the suborder Gorgonopsia, the dominant predators of their day, which in the largest forms grew to over three metres long.
==Description==
''Gorgonops'' itself was a medium-sized representative of the group, with a skull length of 22 to 35 centimetres, depending on the species. It ranged from 1.2 to 2 metres long from nose to tail. ''Gorgonops'' would have been one of the key predators across southern Africa during the Late Permian, because the canines were so large, they would have had little trouble in penetrating the tough hides of some of herbivores of the time, particularly pareiasaurs such as ''Bradysaurus''. Aside from the teeth, one of the key predatory advantages that ''Gorgonops'' had over prey were that the legs supported the body from below rather than sprawling out to the sides like in most prey animals of the time. Aside from allowing for more energy efficient locomotion, the legs would have also allowed for a much faster pace. What animals were hunted however would depend upon the size of the individual ''Gorgonops'', and there were some quite broad differences between species in terms of size.
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