Gorgonopsia
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gorgonopsia-168-8450959
title:
Gorgonopsia
text:
Gorgonopsia is an extinct clade of sabre-toothed therapsids from the Middle to the Upper Permian, roughly between 265 and 252 million years ago. They are characterised by a long and narrow skull, as well as elongated upper and sometimes lower canine teeth and incisors which were likely used as slashing and stabbing weapons. Postcanine teeth are generally reduced or absent. For hunting large prey, they possibly used a bite-and-retreat tactic, ambushing and taking a debilitating bite out of the ta
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Extinct group of saber-toothed therapsids from the Permian
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgonopsia
date created:
2006-01-13T04:10:36Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T21:53:23Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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