Gorgonopsia
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Gorgonopsia were saber-toothed, predatory therapsids from the late Permian period that represent some of the earliest mammal-like apex predators on land.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gorgonopsia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21652046 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gorgonopsia Context triple: [Therapsids, includes, Gorgonopsia]
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A.
Dicynodontia
Dicynodontia is an extinct group of herbivorous, tusked therapsids (mammal-like reptiles) that were among the most abundant land vertebrates before and after the Permian–Triassic extinction.
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B.
Dicynodon
Dicynodon is an extinct genus of herbivorous, tusked therapsids (mammal-like reptiles) from the Late Permian period, known from fossils found in what is now South Africa and other parts of Gondwana.
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C.
Tharyps
Tharyps was an ancient Molossian king of Epirus, noted as one of the earliest Epirote rulers to adopt and promote Greek customs and institutions in his kingdom.
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D.
Siriusgnathus
Siriusgnathus is an extinct fossil taxon known from the early Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, notable for contributing to our understanding of early animal evolution.
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E.
Protosuchia
Protosuchia is an extinct group of early, primarily terrestrial crocodyliform reptiles that lived during the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic periods.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gorgonopsia Target entity description: Gorgonopsia were saber-toothed, predatory therapsids from the late Permian period that represent some of the earliest mammal-like apex predators on land.
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A.
Dicynodontia
Dicynodontia is an extinct group of herbivorous, tusked therapsids (mammal-like reptiles) that were among the most abundant land vertebrates before and after the Permian–Triassic extinction.
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B.
Dicynodon
Dicynodon is an extinct genus of herbivorous, tusked therapsids (mammal-like reptiles) from the Late Permian period, known from fossils found in what is now South Africa and other parts of Gondwana.
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C.
Tharyps
Tharyps was an ancient Molossian king of Epirus, noted as one of the earliest Epirote rulers to adopt and promote Greek customs and institutions in his kingdom.
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D.
Siriusgnathus
Siriusgnathus is an extinct fossil taxon known from the early Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, notable for contributing to our understanding of early animal evolution.
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E.
Protosuchia
Protosuchia is an extinct group of early, primarily terrestrial crocodyliform reptiles that lived during the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic periods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.