page_title: Viatkogorgon
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Viatkogorgon / Description
caption_attribution_description: (A) PIN 2212/6, holotype of Viatkogorgon ivakhnenkoi, in right lateral view with (B) interpretive drawing. Abbreviations: an, angular; ar, articular; C, upper canine; c, lower canine; d, dentary; fr, frontal; I, upper incisor; i, lower postcanine; j, jugal; la, lacrimal; mf, maxillary flange; mx, maxilla; na, nasal; pa, parietal; PC, upper postcanine; pc, lower postcanine; pf, pineal foramen; pmx, premaxilla; po, postorbital; pof, postfrontal; pp, preparietal; prf, prefrontal; rla, reflected lamina of angular; sa, surangular; sc, sclerotic ring; sf, squamosal flange; smx, septomaxilla; sq, squamosal; ss, squamosal sulcus. Gray indicates matrix, hatching indicates plaster. Scale bars equal 1 cm.
context_page_description: Viatkogorgon is a genus of gorgonopsian therapsid that lived during the Permian of what is now Russia.
context_section_description: It was a small animal, with well developed gastralia, short legs, and widespread limbs.
caption: Holotype skull and diagram
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