Evolutionary radiation of large‐bodied gorgonopsians from the lower Abrahamskraal formation of South Africa The middle Permian represents a critical interval in therapsid evolution, when gorgonopsians emerged as some of the first specialized apex predators within terrestrial ecosystems. Despite their signi...

Macungo et al. present a new middle #Permian gorgonopsian, Jirahgorgon ceto, from the Abrahamskraal Fm of South Africa 🇿🇦 - its large size suggests the emergence of large #gorgonopsians earlier than expected!

🔗 anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#Paleontology #Science #Synapsid

Inostrancevia this dude looks pretty cool with the tusks, bet he'd be a cool friend to have

Up early learnIng about this fella

#gorgonopsians #inostrancevia
#protomammals