page_title: Gorynychus
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Gorynychus / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Heads of two Gorynychus species - primitive therocephalian from Russian Late Permian
context_page_description: Gorynychus is a genus of therocephalian from the mid-Permian from Kotelnich, Russia. The genus contains two species, G. masyutinae and G. sundyrensis. It was named after the three-headed dragon Zmey Gorynych from Russian mythology.
context_section_description: G. masyutinae, only known from its holotype, was wolf-sized and appears to have represented the largest predator in the Kotelnich fauna. Like many theriodonts, it had strongly developed and prominent canine teeth.
caption: Restoration of the two species
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