Talk:Sauroctonus

Scymnognathus separation?
Kammerer​ & Masyutin 2018 state "Gebauer (2014) considered the Tanzanian gorgonopsian originally known as Scymnognathus parringtoni (Huene, 1950) to be referable to the genus Sauroctonus. However, personal examination of the type and only specimen of S. parringtoni (GPIT/RE/7113) indicates that it has the typical parabasisphenoid and palatine morphologies of other African gorgonopsians, and that cranial similarities between it and Sauroctonus (which consist primarily of proportional characters that are variable among gorgonopsians) are superficial." While this does not outright state the two don't belong in the same genus, the implications are clear. But perhaps we should wait with acting on it until a dedicated study is published. FunkMonk (talk) 03:44, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah, on a closer look, S. parringtoni would need a new genus name in that case, since the type species of Scymnognathus is now in Gorgonops... FunkMonk (talk) 03:45, 26 September 2021 (UTC)