Jirahgorgon

Jirahgorgon
Temporal range: Middle Permian,
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: †Gorgonopsia
Family: †Phorcyidae
Genus: †Jirahgorgon
Macungo et al., 2026
Species:
†J. ceto
Binomial name
†Jirahgorgon ceto
Macungo et al., 2026

Jirahgorgon is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsid (mammal-line synapsid) known from the Permian (Wordian–Capitanian age) Abrahamskraal Formation (Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone) of South Africa. The genus contains a single species, Jirahgorgon ceto, known from a complete skull articulated with the lower jaw.

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