†Gorgonops torvus Owen 1876 (therapsid)
Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 56786
Belongs to Gorgonops according to D. S. Sigogneau-Russell 1989
Sister taxa: Gorgonops dixeyi, Gorgonops kaiseri, Gorgonops longifrons, Gorgonops whaitsi, Leptotracheliscops eupachygnathus
Type specimen: BMNH R 1647, a partial skull (Incomplete and flattened skull). Its type locality is Mildenhalls, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
Ecology: carnivore