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  • noun zoology Any member of the suborder Gorgonopsia of therapsid synapsids.

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Examples

  • It was neat that they used creatures from the Permian Period (a gorgonopsid, a pareiasaur, and what appeared to be an oversized coelurosauravid named Rex).

    "...my words will turn to anger. Malevolence in need..." greygirlbeast 2010

  • It was neat that they used creatures from the Permian Period (a gorgonopsid, a pareiasaur, and what appeared to be an oversized coelurosauravid named Rex).

    "...my words will turn to anger. Malevolence in need..." greygirlbeast 2010

  • And the femur covered part of the pelvis and I couldn't find an image of a gorgonopsid pelvis anywhere on the net so I had to fake it.

    Archive 2009-04-26 Sean Craven 2009

  • I've been wanting to draw a gorgonopsid gorgonopsian? for some time so this seemed like the perfect opportunity.

    Archive 2009-04-26 Sean Craven 2009

  • Sid, the last Synapsid3, who lived 30 million years before the dinosaurs, and is now traipsing into our time to hunt down the vicious gorgonopsid.

    New on Kindle: February 10th | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2009

  • And the femur covered part of the pelvis and I couldn't find an image of a gorgonopsid pelvis anywhere on the net so I had to fake it.

    Lycaenops: Part Two Sean Craven 2009

  • I've been wanting to draw a gorgonopsid gorgonopsian? for some time so this seemed like the perfect opportunity.

    Lycaenops: Part One Sean Craven 2009

  • Rex perhaps, or a gorgonopsid — wander through an anomaly into, say, a shopping mall parking lot.

    Primeval: DVD Review 2008

  • And it wasn't a ropen, gorgonopsid, Rodent of Unusual Size or amphicyonid either.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

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