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Lycosuchid therocephalian Gorynychus sundyrensis sp. nov. is described based on material from the middle Permian locality of Sundyr-1, Mari El Republic, Russia. Within the Sundyr tetrapod community, G. sundyrensis occupied the niche of a large scavenger.
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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project nos. 17-04-01937, 17-04-00410, 17‑54-10013) and the program of basic scientific research of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences No. 22 “Evolution of the organic world and planetary processes,” and is performed according to the Russian Government Program of Competitive Growth of Kazan Federal University.
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Suchkova, Y.A., Golubev, V.K. A New Permian Therocephalian (Therocephalia, Theromorpha) from the Sundyr Assemblage of Eastern Europe. Paleontol. J. 53, 411–417 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030119040117
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