Viatkogorgon

Viatkogorgon; Temporal range: Late Permian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Therapsida
Family:	†Gorgonopsidae
Genus:	†Viatkogorgon; Tatarinov, 1999
Type species
	Viatkogorgon ivachnenkoi; Tatarinov, 1999

Fossil

Viatkogorgon is an extinct genus of therapsids of Permian Russia. It was a small animal, with well developed gastralia, and feet wide and short, that suggests that it could be a good swimmer.^[1]

References

↑ Tatarinov, L. P. A postcranial skeleton of the gorgonopian Viatkogorgon ivachnenkoi (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Upper Permian Kotelnich locality, Kirov Region Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal – 2004. – (4): 84–94

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[1] Tatarinov, L. P. A postcranial skeleton of the gorgonopian Viatkogorgon ivachnenkoi (Reptilia, Theriodontia) from the Upper Permian Kotelnich locality, Kirov Region Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal – 2004. – (4): 84–94