Inostrancevia Amalitzky, 1922

Macungo, Zanildo, Benoit, Julien & Araújo, Ricardo, 2025, InoStranCevia afriCana, the first diagnosable gorgonopsian (Therapsida, Synapsida) from the Metangula graben (Mozambique): new anatomical observations and biostratigraphic implications, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (12) 144 (1), pp. 1-21 : 3

Inostrancevia Amalitzky, 1922

Diagnosis: Inostrancevia is diagnosed by the pineal foramen located in a trough-like depression at the posterior edge of the parietal; absence of preparietal; the constriction of the jugal below the orbit; mediolaterally compressed teeth with mesial and distal serrations; the absence of lower postcanines; the presence of only four upper incisors; an extremely large facial contribution of the jugal; the presence of a broadly depressed region on the facial surfaces of the jugal and lacrimal; the absence of palatal dentition; the presence of a short, tab-like ventral parasphenoid blade; and the presence of the vomer-pterygoid contact in ventral view ( Amalitzky, 1922; Kammerer et al., 2023).